graduated

• ⇰ 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.
• ⇰ Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See <cref>graduated cylinder</cref>, etc., below.