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centigrade scale
(encz) | centigrade scale, n: |
digitigrade mammal
(encz) | digitigrade mammal, n: |
field-grade officer
(encz) | field-grade officer, n: |
grade crossing
(encz) | grade crossing,úrovňový přejezd Zdeněk Brož |
grade drift
(encz) | grade drift, |
grade insignia
(encz) | grade insignia, n: |
grade point
(encz) | grade point, n: |
grade point average
(encz) | grade point average, |
grade school
(encz) | grade school,základní škola n: Zdeněk Brož |
grade separation
(encz) | grade separation, n: |
plantigrade mammal
(encz) | plantigrade mammal, n: |
retrograde amnesia
(encz) | retrograde amnesia, n: |
weapon-grade plutonium
(encz) | weapon-grade plutonium, n: |
degrade and destroy
(czen) | Degrade and Destroy,D2[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] Centigram |
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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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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anterograde amnesia
(wn) | anterograde amnesia
n 1: loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma;
sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time
following the trauma [syn: anterograde amnesia,
posttraumatic amnesia] |
centigrade scale
(wn) | centigrade scale
n 1: a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of
water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100
degrees [syn: Celsius scale, international scale,
centigrade scale] |
centigrade thermometer
(wn) | Centigrade thermometer
n 1: a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade |
digitigrade mammal
(wn) | digitigrade mammal
n 1: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground
as e.g. dogs and cats and horses [syn: {digitigrade
mammal}, digitigrade] [ant: plantigrade, {plantigrade
mammal}] |
field-grade officer
(wn) | field-grade officer
n 1: an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel
or colonel [syn: field-grade officer, field officer,
FO] |
grade crossing
(wn) | grade crossing
n 1: intersection of a railway and a road on the same level;
barriers close road when trains pass [syn: {level
crossing}, grade crossing] |
grade insignia
(wn) | grade insignia
n 1: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
"they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron,
stripe, stripes, grade insignia] |
grade point
(wn) | grade point
n 1: a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a
course taken at a college or university multiplied by the
number of credit hours awarded for the course |
grade point average
(wn) | grade point average
n 1: a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college
or university; calculated by dividing the total number of
grade points received by the total number attempted [syn:
grade point average, GPA] |
grade school
(wn) | grade school
n 1: a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8
grades [syn: grade school, grammar school, {elementary
school}, primary school] |
grade separation
(wn) | grade separation
n 1: a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass |
plantigrade mammal
(wn) | plantigrade mammal
n 1: an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings [syn:
plantigrade mammal, plantigrade] [ant: digitigrade,
digitigrade mammal] |
retrograde amnesia
(wn) | retrograde amnesia
n 1: loss of memory for events immediately preceding a trauma |
weapon-grade plutonium
(wn) | weapon-grade plutonium
n 1: plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are
disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits [syn: {weapons
plutonium}, weapon-grade plutonium] |
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