gradedadj.

/ˈɡreɪdɪd/

Etymology: < grade n., grade v.² + -ed suffix¹.

a. Formed like a flight of steps.

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the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > shaped like steps or stairs

stairy1599

step-like1822

stepped1833

graded1850

1850 Ecclesiologist 11 113 Three graded sedilia..with trefoiled heads.

1865 Athenæum No. 1984. 612/3 A graded, low, broad wall.

1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 52 The bronze colossus of a wingèd Woman Upon a graded granite base foursquare.

b. Heraldry. Of a cross: = degraded adj.²

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > degraded

degraded1562

grady1828

graded1874

1874 J. W. Papworth & A. W. Morant Alphabet. Dict. Coats of Arms 607/1 Arg. a cross graded of three sa. Wyntworth.

1894 Parker's Gloss. Heraldry 161 at Cross.

2. Divided or arranged according to grades of rank, quality, etc. graded school (chiefly U.S.): ‘a school divided into departments taught by different teachers, in which the children pass from the lower departments to the higher as they advance in education’ ( Cent. Dict.).

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society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > other types of school

writing schoola1475

rectory1536

spelling school1704

greycoat1706

rural school1734

Charter School1763

home school1770

Philanthropine1797

British school1819

side school1826

prep school1829

trade school1829

Progymnasium1833

finishing-school1836

field schoola1840

field school1846

prairie school1851

graded school1852

model school1854

Philanthropinum1856

stagiary school1861

grade school1869

middle school1870

language school1878

correspondence school1889

day continuation school1889

prep1891

Sunday school1901

farm school1903

weekend school1907

Charter School1912

folk high school1914

pre-kindergarten1922

Rabfak1924

cram-shop1926

free school1926

crammer1931

composite school1943

outward-bound1943

blackboard jungle1954

pathshala1956

Vo-Tech1956

St. Trinian's1958

juku1962

cadre school1966

telecentre1967

academy2000

academy school2000

1852 C. Mills 6th Ann. Addr. Pop. 18 Union, or graded schools, for the terms are synonymous, are simply the schools of a given township, village or city, classified and arranged according to the attainments of the pupils.

1867 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Sept. 207 He especially recommends that our system of graded schools be imitated in the large towns of England.

1873–6 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. (ed. 3) 197 Sir William Thomson has given the name of graded galvanometer to an instrument constructed as above, and [etc.].

1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 32 Thus earth and fire, the heavy and the light, Are bound together by the graded kinds of air and water.

3. Of a road, etc.: reduced to levels or practicable gradients.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having good or bad gradients

well graded1828

graded1840

ungraded1845

1840 H. S. Tanner Canals & Rail Roads U.S. 151 The graded surface of the road.

1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 371 ‘There shall be no Alps’, he said; and he built his perfect roads, climbing by graded galleries their steepest precipices.

1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan iii. 82 Here are to be found wide and well-graded streets.

1882 Harper's Mag. Dec. 60/2 A half mile of graded road-bed alone remains.

4. Of cattle: improved by crossing with a superior breed.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > bred in particular way

high-grade1847

graded1876

line-bred1891

1876 H. T. Williams Pacific Tourist 185/2 The immense range fenced in at this point is occupied by a select herd of graded stock.

1879 U.S. Dept. Agric. Spec. Rep., No. 12. Invest. Dis. Swine 187 The graded calves of this county have this year suffered severely by a disease called black-leg.

1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin ix. 161 Graded cattle are more valuable, ain't they?

5. Physical Geography. Of a river or its profile: at grade (see grade n. 10d); having attained grade.

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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > profile

graded1894

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > sedimentation > [adjective] > erosion or deposition equilibrium

graded1894

1894 W. M. Davis in Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 2 77 Mr. Gilbert has recently suggested to me that a stream in this condition of balance between degrading and aggrading might be called a graded stream; and its slope, a graded slope.

1934 C. R. Longwell et al. Outl. Physical Geol. iii. 42 When a part of a main stream reaches grade, the local tributaries soon become graded with respect to it.

1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. x. 154 When the profile is developed so that it everywhere provides the necessary minimum gradient, it is called a graded profile or a profile of equilibrium.

1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery v. 47 A river tends to reach a state of equilibrium and its longitudinal profile will form a smooth curve from source to mouth. When it reaches this stage a river is said to be graded.

1970 O. T. Jones in G. H. Dury Rivers & River Terraces iii. 75 Between Carmarthen and Fanog the Towy is graded to present sea-level, and the tributaries which enter it are at grade with the existing river.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	graded
释义	gradedadj. /ˈɡreɪdɪd/ Etymology: < grade n., grade v.² + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Formed like a flight of steps. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > shaped like steps or stairs stairy1599 step-like1822 stepped1833 graded1850 1850 Ecclesiologist 11 113 Three graded sedilia..with trefoiled heads. 1865 Athenæum No. 1984. 612/3 A graded, low, broad wall. 1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 52 The bronze colossus of a wingèd Woman Upon a graded granite base foursquare. b. Heraldry. Of a cross: = degraded adj.² ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > degraded degraded1562 grady1828 graded1874 1874 J. W. Papworth & A. W. Morant Alphabet. Dict. Coats of Arms 607/1 Arg. a cross graded of three sa. Wyntworth. 1894 Parker's Gloss. Heraldry 161 at Cross. 2. Divided or arranged according to grades of rank, quality, etc. graded school (chiefly U.S.): ‘a school divided into departments taught by different teachers, in which the children pass from the lower departments to the higher as they advance in education’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > other types of school writing schoola1475 rectory1536 spelling school1704 greycoat1706 rural school1734 Charter School1763 home school1770 Philanthropine1797 British school1819 side school1826 prep school1829 trade school1829 Progymnasium1833 finishing-school1836 field schoola1840 field school1846 prairie school1851 graded school1852 model school1854 Philanthropinum1856 stagiary school1861 grade school1869 middle school1870 language school1878 correspondence school1889 day continuation school1889 prep1891 Sunday school1901 farm school1903 weekend school1907 Charter School1912 folk high school1914 pre-kindergarten1922 Rabfak1924 cram-shop1926 free school1926 crammer1931 composite school1943 outward-bound1943 blackboard jungle1954 pathshala1956 Vo-Tech1956 St. Trinian's1958 juku1962 cadre school1966 telecentre1967 academy2000 academy school2000 1852 C. Mills 6th Ann. Addr. Pop. 18 Union, or graded schools, for the terms are synonymous, are simply the schools of a given township, village or city, classified and arranged according to the attainments of the pupils. 1867 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Sept. 207 He especially recommends that our system of graded schools be imitated in the large towns of England. 1873–6 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. (ed. 3) 197 Sir William Thomson has given the name of graded galvanometer to an instrument constructed as above, and [etc.]. 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 32 Thus earth and fire, the heavy and the light, Are bound together by the graded kinds of air and water. 3. Of a road, etc.: reduced to levels or practicable gradients. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having good or bad gradients well graded1828 graded1840 ungraded1845 1840 H. S. Tanner Canals & Rail Roads U.S. 151 The graded surface of the road. 1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 371 ‘There shall be no Alps’, he said; and he built his perfect roads, climbing by graded galleries their steepest precipices. 1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan iii. 82 Here are to be found wide and well-graded streets. 1882 Harper's Mag. Dec. 60/2 A half mile of graded road-bed alone remains. 4. Of cattle: improved by crossing with a superior breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > bred in particular way high-grade1847 graded1876 line-bred1891 1876 H. T. Williams Pacific Tourist 185/2 The immense range fenced in at this point is occupied by a select herd of graded stock. 1879 U.S. Dept. Agric. Spec. Rep., No. 12. Invest. Dis. Swine 187 The graded calves of this county have this year suffered severely by a disease called black-leg. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin ix. 161 Graded cattle are more valuable, ain't they? 5. Physical Geography. Of a river or its profile: at grade (see grade n. 10d); having attained grade. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > profile graded1894 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > sedimentation > [adjective] > erosion or deposition equilibrium graded1894 1894 W. M. Davis in Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 2 77 Mr. Gilbert has recently suggested to me that a stream in this condition of balance between degrading and aggrading might be called a graded stream; and its slope, a graded slope. 1934 C. R. Longwell et al. Outl. Physical Geol. iii. 42 When a part of a main stream reaches grade, the local tributaries soon become graded with respect to it. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. x. 154 When the profile is developed so that it everywhere provides the necessary minimum gradient, it is called a graded profile or a profile of equilibrium. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery v. 47 A river tends to reach a state of equilibrium and its longitudinal profile will form a smooth curve from source to mouth. When it reaches this stage a river is said to be graded. 1970 O. T. Jones in G. H. Dury Rivers & River Terraces iii. 75 Between Carmarthen and Fanog the Towy is graded to present sea-level, and the tributaries which enter it are at grade with the existing river. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1840
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