•graduation (marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval) · the process of creating such markings · encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish grado (“staircase; rank, dignity”), inherited from Latin gradus (“a step, pace; step of a staircase; degree”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). The retention of the -d- is due to the invalidity of the -ao hiatus in Old Spanish that would result from dropping it, compare the retention of -d- and -g- in vado, espárrago, agosto, llaga. Portuguese…
aile: de grado en grado, en sumo grado, grado Celsius, grado centígrado, grado cero, grado de asociado, título de grado
scale (ordered numerical sequence used for measurement)
çekim: çoğul asteikot · tamlayan asteikon
köken: aste (“stage, step; degree”) + -ikko. First attested in Frans Ferdinand Ahlman: Ruotsalais-suomalainen ja suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Swedish-Finnish and Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 2nd edition, 1883-1884).