A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
A calibration marking.
A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
A diatonic succession of chords.
Apophony.
A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
To form with gradations.
A phase.
A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
A floor or storey of a house.
The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
An internship.
A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
To orchestrate; to carry out.
To place in position to prepare for use.
To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.