资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Graduated \Grad"u*a"ted\, a.
   1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into
      grades.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the
      outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively
      longer.

   {Graduated} {tube, bottle, cap, or glass}, a vessel, usually
      of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with
      figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the
      several levels. -- {Graduated spring} (Railroads), a
      combination of metallic and rubber springs.