dereceli

Dereceli is a Turkish adjective meaning "having degrees" or "graded," used to describe things that are organized by levels, steps, or ranks. It is formed from the noun derece ("degree, level, rank") with the suffix -li, which turns the noun into an attribute.

In everyday and technical Turkish, dereceli is used in compounds and phrases to denote a graded or tiered arrangement. Examples include "dereceli sistem" (a graded system), "dereceli ölçüm" (a measurement that uses levels), and "dereceli sınıflandırma" (graded classification). In scientific and engineering terminology, dereceli can appear in translations of English terms such as "graded-index" (optical fibers), where Turkish uses "dereceli indeksli" to describe a refractive index that varies gradually with position.

Usage notes: dereceli is more about grading or levels than about quantity; in some contexts, Turkish writers may prefer synonyms like "kademeli" or "adımlı" to express tiered or stepwise concepts. The word is primarily used as an adjective before the noun it modifies.

See also: derece, kademe, adım. While primarily Turkish, dereceli can appear in technical literature or cross-lingual translations discussing graded or tiered concepts.