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Definition of Intergradations
1. intergradation [n] - See also: intergradation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intergradations
Literary usage of Intergradations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"... with facultative gametes, and even with facultative gamete-producing
organs (gametangia). In Ulothrix (figs. 1133, 1134) there are intergradations (eg ..."
2. The Butterflies of New England: With Original Descriptions of One Hundred by Charles Johnson Maynard (1891)
"... hence, they consider nephele a subspecies, or form, of the preceding.
In addition to intergradations, Mr. Edwards finds, that at least in one case, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"All intergradations are found between R. nigrum, upon which the maximum number
of fruiting bodies form, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... show that two species usually considered very distinct may grade into each other.
The intergradations are of such a kind that frequently it can easily ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"the characters must be determined; (2) geographic probabilities must be utilized; (3)
similarities and intergradations must be sought. ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"... until this completed structure, through successive intergradations, has reached
the dignity of the most important structure in the universe. ..."
7. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Again, in a single colony of B. cernua, frequently three or more dissimilar forms
occur, with numerous intergradations. Thus in a single small colony north ..."
8. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"The selection of idealized physiographic types, as just suggested, has for its
chief purpose the reduction of endless complexities and intergradations to ..."