Grade

(noun.) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed.

(noun.) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; 'the road had a steep grade'.

(noun.) the height of the ground on which something stands; 'the base of the tower was below grade'.

(noun.) a degree of ablaut.

(noun.) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; 'lumber of the highest grade'.

(verb.) determine the grade of or assign a grade to.

(verb.) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; 'grade tests'; 'score the SAT essays'; 'mark homework'.

(verb.) level to the right gradient.

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• In the treatment of iron ores, and especially those of low grade, the magnetic concentrator is an interesting and striking departure. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• At one point the grade dropped some sixty feet in a distance of three hundred, and the curves were of recklessly short radius. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was his opinion that it was cheaper to quarry and concentrate lean ore in a big way than to attempt to mine, under adverse circumstances, limited bodies of high-grade ore. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The quintuple grade is designed more particularly for hotels, restaurants, clubs and other institutions where the wear is especially severe. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The ovens are highly insulated with a thick packing of best grade mineral wool, which reduces air leakage to a minimum and retains the heat generated for a long period. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To men of every occupation and grade he was acceptable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In some cases a car can be used which can be run down grade into the barn in front of the cattle. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In the Hetton Railway, which ran for a part of its distance through rough country, he used stationary engines wherever he could not secure grades that would make locomotives practicable. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In mountainous regions, the topography of the land prevents the elimination of all steep grades, but nevertheless the attempt is always made to follow the easiest grades. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There are several grades of lawyers' clerks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The efficiency of the Diesel engine is high, and it can use low grades of fuel, but it has the disadvantage of greater weight per horse-power than other engines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Oranges are usually divided in grades into four classes called, in the order of their quality, Extra Choice, Choice, Standards and Culls. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We have to deal with all grades of life from the frontier to the metropolis, with men who differ in sense of fact, in ideal, in the very groundwork of morals. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The raw materials for the open-hearth furnaces are received on elevated railroad tracks graded and piled preparatory to sending to the furnaces. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Here the rubber markets are located and here the rubber is carefully examined, graded, boxed and shipped to New York or Liverpool. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They had not been graded, but the paving had been done on the natural surface. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Its first use was as a symbol in the code by which vessels were graded in the register of shipping kept by Lloyd’s, the originators of marine insurance. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It has to be broken up into portions, as it were, and assimilated piecemeal, in a gradual and graded way. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Pasteur obtained in inoculations of graded virulence, which could be adm inistered hypodermically, a means of prophylaxis after bites. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Because of these facts, engineers spend great sums in grading down railroad beds, making them as nearly level as possible. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• His experiments made him doubtful of the possibility of running such railroads, unless a great amount of very expensive tunneling and grading were first done. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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