| slovo | definícia |
grade
(mass) | grade
- trieda, známka, stupeň, ročník |
Grade
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grading.]
1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
quality, rank, etc.
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2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
as the line of a canal or road.
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3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
improve the blood of.
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Grade
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace,
grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree,
Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military
rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
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They also appointed and removed, at their own
pleasure,
teachers of every grade. --Buckle.
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2. In a railroad or highway:
(a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
264.
(b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
road; a gradient.
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3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
grade.
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At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
on the same level at the point of crossing.
Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
Equating for grades. See under Equate.
Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
degrade
(mass) | degrade
- ponížiť |
grade
(mass) | grade
- trieda, známka, stupeň, ročník |
lowgrade
(mass) | low-grade
- podradný |
topgrade
(mass) | top-grade
- najvyššej kvality |
upgrade
(mass) | upgrade
- aktualizácia, povýšenie, povýšiť |
upgrades
(mass) | upgrades
- aktualizácia |
Aggrade
(gcide) | Aggrade \Ag*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggraded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Aggrading.] (Phys. Geog.)
To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by
addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by
depositing sediment.
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Aggraded
(gcide) | Aggrade \Ag*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggraded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Aggrading.] (Phys. Geog.)
To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by
addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by
depositing sediment.
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At grade
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace,
grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree,
Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military
rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
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They also appointed and removed, at their own
pleasure,
teachers of every grade. --Buckle.
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2. In a railroad or highway:
(a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
264.
(b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
road; a gradient.
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3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
grade.
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At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
on the same level at the point of crossing.
Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
Equating for grades. See under Equate.
Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
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Belgrade
(gcide) | Belgrade \Belgrade\ prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Yugoslavia. Population (2000) =
1,168,454.
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Centigrade
(gcide) | Centigrade \Cen"ti*grade\, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.). In measurements, abreviated C.
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Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. Measurements are
reported as [deg] C.
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Centigrade thermometer
(gcide) | Centigrade \Cen"ti*grade\, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.). In measurements, abreviated C.
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Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. Measurements are
reported as [deg] C.
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Ciliograde
(gcide) | Ciliograde \Cil"i*o*grade\, a. [Cilium + L. gradi to step: cf.
F. ciliograde.] (Zool.)
Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the
ciliograde Medus[ae].
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Cirrigrade
(gcide) | Cirrigrade \Cir"ri*grade\, a. [Cirrus + L. gradi to walk.]
(Biol.)
Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.
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Citigrade
(gcide) | Citigrade \Cit"i*grade\, a. [Cf. F. citigrade.] (Zool.)
Pertaining to the Citigrad[ae]. -- n. One of the
Citigrad[ae].
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Degrade
(gcide) | Degrade \De*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Degraded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Degrading.] [F. d['e]grader, LL. degradare, fr. L.
de- + gradus step, degree. See Grade, and cf. Degree.]
1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to
lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip
of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general
officer.
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Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be
degraded from the bar. --Palfrey.
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2. To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to
lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or
intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or
contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man.
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O miserable mankind, to what fall
Degraded, to what wretched state reserved! --Milton.
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Yet time ennobles or degrades each line. --Pope.
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Her pride . . . struggled hard against this
degrading passion. --Macaulay.
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3. (Geol.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and
mountains; to wear down.
Syn: To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See Abase.
[1913 Webster]Degrade \De*grade"\, v. i. (Biol.)
To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of
structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through
this or that genus or group of genera.
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Degraded
(gcide) | Degrade \De*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Degraded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Degrading.] [F. d['e]grader, LL. degradare, fr. L.
de- + gradus step, degree. See Grade, and cf. Degree.]
1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to
lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip
of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general
officer.
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Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be
degraded from the bar. --Palfrey.
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2. To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to
lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or
intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or
contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man.
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O miserable mankind, to what fall
Degraded, to what wretched state reserved! --Milton.
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Yet time ennobles or degrades each line. --Pope.
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Her pride . . . struggled hard against this
degrading passion. --Macaulay.
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3. (Geol.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and
mountains; to wear down.
Syn: To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See Abase.
[1913 Webster]Degraded \De*grad"ed\, a.
1. Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased;
sunken; low; base.
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The Netherlands . . . were reduced practically to a
very degraded condition. --Motley.
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2. (Biol.) Having the typical characters or organs in a
partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
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Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons.
--Dana.
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3. [Cf. F. degr['e] step.] (Her.) Having steps; -- said of a
cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing
larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on
degrees.
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Degradement
(gcide) | Degradement \De*grade"ment\, n.
Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. [R.] --Milton.
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Digitigrade
(gcide) | Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi
to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zool.)
Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
[1913 Webster]Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, n. (Zool.)
An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf,
etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the
palm of the foot.
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Disgrade
(gcide) | Disgrade \Dis*grade"\, v. t.
To degrade. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Down grade
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace,
grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree,
Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military
rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
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They also appointed and removed, at their own
pleasure,
teachers of every grade. --Buckle.
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2. In a railroad or highway:
(a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
264.
(b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
road; a gradient.
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3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
grade.
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At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
on the same level at the point of crossing.
Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
Equating for grades. See under Equate.
Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
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Equating for grades
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace,
grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree,
Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military
rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
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They also appointed and removed, at their own
pleasure,
teachers of every grade. --Buckle.
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2. In a railroad or highway:
(a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
264.
(b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
road; a gradient.
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3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
grade.
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At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
on the same level at the point of crossing.
Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
Equating for grades. See under Equate.
Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
[1913 Webster]Equate \E*quate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Equating.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level
or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an
allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common
standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as,
to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or
curves; equated distances.
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Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both
to F[rench] rolle. --Skeat
(Etymol. Dict.
).
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Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the
measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360
degrees of curvature.
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Grade
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grading.]
1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
quality, rank, etc.
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2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
as the line of a canal or road.
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3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
improve the blood of.
[1913 Webster]Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace,
grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree,
Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military
rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
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They also appointed and removed, at their own
pleasure,
teachers of every grade. --Buckle.
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2. In a railroad or highway:
(a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
264.
(b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
road; a gradient.
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3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
grade.
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At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
on the same level at the point of crossing.
Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
Equating for grades. See under Equate.
Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
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grade
(gcide) | improved \improved\ adj.
1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent
state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built,
reinforced}; cleared, tilled ; {developed; {grade ;
graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
Syn: amended.
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Grade crossing
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace,
grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree,
Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military
rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
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They also appointed and removed, at their own
pleasure,
teachers of every grade. --Buckle.
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2. In a railroad or highway:
(a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
264.
(b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
road; a gradient.
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3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
grade.
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At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
on the same level at the point of crossing.
Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
Equating for grades. See under Equate.
Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
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Graded
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grading.]
1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
quality, rank, etc.
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2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
as the line of a canal or road.
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3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
improve the blood of.
[1913 Webster]graded \graded\ adj.
1. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of
graded difficulty.
Syn: ordered, ranked.
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2. leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.
Syn: graveled.
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graded
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grading.]
1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
quality, rank, etc.
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2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
as the line of a canal or road.
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3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
improve the blood of.
[1913 Webster]graded \graded\ adj.
1. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of
graded difficulty.
Syn: ordered, ranked.
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2. leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.
Syn: graveled.
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graded graveled
(gcide) | improved \improved\ adj.
1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent
state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built,
reinforced}; cleared, tilled ; {developed; {grade ;
graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
Syn: amended.
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Gradely
(gcide) | Gradely \Grade"ly\, a. [Cf. AS. grad grade, step, order, fr. L.
gradus. See Grade.]
Decent; orderly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. -- adv. Decently;
in order. [Prov. Eng.]
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Grader
(gcide) | Grader \Grad"er\, n.
1. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done
or facilitated.
2. Specifically: A vehicle used for levelling earth, esp. one
with a plow blade suspended from the center, used
specifically for grading roads.
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Gravigrade
(gcide) | Gravigrade \Grav"i*grade\, a. [L. gravis heavy + gradus step.]
(Zool.)
Slow-paced. -- n. One of the pachyderms.
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low-grade
(gcide) | low-grade \low-grade\ adj.
inferior; as, low-grade ore. Opposite of high-grade.
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Palmigrade
(gcide) | Palmigrade \Pal"mi*grade\, a. [L. palma palm of the hand + gradi
to walk.] (Zool.)
Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some
mammals.
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Physograde
(gcide) | Physograde \Phys"o*grade\, n. [Gr. fy^sa a bellows + L. gradi to
walk, go.] (Zool.)
Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the
Physalia.
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Pinnigrade
(gcide) | Pinnigrade \Pin"ni*grade\, n. (Zool.)
An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve
as paddles.
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Plantigrade
(gcide) | Plantigrade \Plan"ti*grade\, a. [L. planta sole of the foot +
gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade.] (Zool.)
(a) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the
plantigrades.
(b) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the
ground when the leg is upright.
[1913 Webster]Plantigrade \Plan"ti*grade\, n. (Zool.)
A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole
of the foot, as man, and the bears.
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Pulmograde
(gcide) | Pulmograde \Pul"mo*grade\, a. [L. pulmo a lung + gradi to walk.]
(Zool.)
Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike
movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medus[ae].
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Regrade
(gcide) | Regrade \Re*grade"\ (r?*gr?d"), v. i. [L. re- re- + gradi to go.
Cf. Regrede. ]
To retire; to go back. [Obs.] --W. Hales.
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Retrograde
(gcide) | Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi,
retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf.
F. r['e]trograde. See Grade.]
1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the
succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a
planet. --Hutton.
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And if he be in the west side in that condition,
then is he retrograde. --Chaucer.
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2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course;
contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to
progressive. "Progressive and not retrograde." --Bacon.
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It is most retrograde to our desire. --Shak.
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3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde
people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi:
cf. F. r['e]trograder.]
1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to
move, backward, as a planet.
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2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as
in morals or intelligence.
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retrograde development
(gcide) | Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]trogression.
See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.]
1. The act of retrograding, or going backward;
retrogradation.
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2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a
lower state of organization or structure, as when an
animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly
organized than would be expected from its earlier stages
or known relationship. Called also {retrograde
development}, and regressive metamorphism.
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Retrograded
(gcide) | Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi:
cf. F. r['e]trograder.]
1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to
move, backward, as a planet.
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2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as
in morals or intelligence.
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Saltigrade
(gcide) | Saltigrade \Sal"ti*grade\, a. [L. saltus a leap + gradi to walk,
go: cf. F. saltigrade.] (Zool.)
Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
[1913 Webster]Saltigrade \Sal"ti*grade\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to
seize their prey.
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Tardigrade
(gcide) | Tardigrade \Tar"di*grade\, a. [L. tardigradus; tardus slow +
gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade.]
1. Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. [R.] --G. Eliot.
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2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
[1913 Webster]Tardigrade \Tar"di*grade\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Tardigrada.
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Undegraded
(gcide) | Undegraded \Undegraded\
See degraded. |
ungraded unordered unranked
(gcide) | nonhierarchic \nonhierarchic\ nonhierarchical
\nonhierarchical\adj.
Not arranged in a hierarchy. Opposite of hierarchical.
[Narrower terms: ungraded, unordered, unranked]
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Unguligrade
(gcide) | Unguligrade \Un"gu*li*grade\, a. [L. ungula hoof + gradi to
walk.] (Zool.)
Having, or walking on, hoofs.
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Up grade
(gcide) | Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace,
grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree,
Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military
rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
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They also appointed and removed, at their own
pleasure,
teachers of every grade. --Buckle.
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2. In a railroad or highway:
(a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation
from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually
stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise
or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy
grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in
264.
(b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a
road; a gradient.
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3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock
with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than
three fourths of the better blood, it is called high
grade.
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At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a
railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are
on the same level at the point of crossing.
Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
Equating for grades. See under Equate.
Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
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TO DEGRADE
(bouvier) | TO DEGRADE, DEGRADING. To, sink or lower a person in the estimation of the
public.
2. As a man's character is of great importance to him, and it is his
interest to retain the good opinion of all mankind, when he is a witness, he
cannot be compelled to disclose any matter which would tend to disgrace or
degrade him, 13 How. St. Tr. 17, 334, 16 How. St. Tr. 161. A question having
that tendency, however, may be asked, and, in such case, when the witness
chooses to answer it, the answer is conclusive. 1 Phil. Ev. 269; R. & M.
383.
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