Graduaalsed
Graduaalsed is Estonian an adjective form meaning gradual, incremental, or progressive. It is used to describe processes, changes, or trends that unfold slowly over time or in distinct stages, rather than occurring abruptly. The word is typically found in scientific, technical, and academic texts to emphasize a clocked or measured pace of development.
In grammar, graduaalne is the base form, and graduaalsed is the plural nominative for describing plural nouns
Common usage spans multiple fields. In biology and ecology, graduaalsed changes refer to slow shifts in populations
Nuances include the sense that something is measurable or observable only through ongoing observation, and that