- Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into
grades. - Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer
feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.
2 . Graduated
[ imp. & p. p.]
- of Graduate
Meaning of 'graduated' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . graduated
[ a]
Meaning (1): - marked with or divided into degrees