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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Graduation \Grad"u*a"tion\, noun [LL. graduatio promotion to a degree: cf. F. graduation division into degrees.]
1. The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.
2. The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.
3. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
graduation
noun
1: the successful completion of a program of study
2: an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred [syn: {commencement}, {commencement exercise}, {commencement ceremony}, {graduation exercise}]
3: a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
4: the act of arranging in grades [syn: {gradation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "graduation": advance, advancement, aggrandizement, baccalaureate service, boost, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, commencement, convocation, elevation, empty formality, ennoblement, exaltation, exercise, exercises, formal, formality, function, gradation, grading, graduation exercises, inaugural, inauguration, initiation, knighting, liturgy, mummery, observance, office, passing, pay raise, performance, preferment, promotion, raise, religious ceremony, rise, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, service, shading, solemnity, solemnization, upgrading, upping
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