@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ This section defines a few terms that may be used elsewhere in the specification
6565 primary gradual form is :ref: `Any `. The ellipsis (``... ``) is a gradual
6666 form in some, but not all, contexts. It is a gradual form when used in a
6767 :ref: `Callable ` type, and when used in ``tuple[Any, ...] `` (but not in
68- other :ref: `tuple <tuples >` types).
68+ other :ref: `tuple <tuples >` types). Types that contain gradual forms do not participate
69+ in the :term: `subtype ` relation, but they do participate in
70+ :term: `consistency <consistent> ` and :term: `assignability <assignable> `.
71+ They can be :term: `materialized <materialize> ` to a more static, or fully static,
72+ type. See :ref: `type-system-concepts `.
6973
7074 gradual type
7175 All types in the Python type system are "gradual". A gradual type may be
7276 a :term: `fully static type `, or it may be :ref: `Any `, or a type that
7377 contains ``Any `` or another :term: `gradual form `. A gradual type does not
7478 necessarily represent a single set of possible runtime values; instead it
7579 can represent a set of possible static types (a set of possible sets of
76- possible runtime values). Gradual types do not participate in the
77- :term: `subtype ` relation, but they do participate in :term: `consistency
78- <consistent> ` and :term: `assignability <assignable> `. They can be
79- :term: `materialized <materialize> ` to a more static, or fully static,
80- type. See :ref: `type-system-concepts `.
80+ possible runtime values).
8181
8282 inline
8383 Inline type annotations are annotations that are included in the
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