gradingn.
/ˈɡreɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ The action of grade v.2
1. gen. (See the senses of the verb.)
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1871 Athenæum 29 Apr. 531/1 The art of the painter has supplied that subtle grading of light and tone which all enjoy.
1882 C. L. Brace Gesta Christi 400 The grading and separation of prisoners.
1886 Athenæum 11 Dec. 789/2 [The picture] gives with delightful truth..and aërial grading a view near the mouth of the Thames.
2. spec.
a. The action or process of sorting (produce) into grades according to quality. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > other processes
ripping1463
intinction1559
sweat1573
inceration1612
rasion1617
lixiviation1664
scribing1679
beating1687
bushing1794
refinishing1842
grading1852
conditioning1858
ripening1860
scutching1861
retreatment1867
chamber process1869
installation1882
tanking1891
fobbing1898
steam curing1907
sieve analysis1928
mulling1931
linishing1945
1852 Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. 3 150 Compare the grading of my clip..with that of Joseph Barnard.
1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. June 75/2 It descends another story upon patented grading screens, which sort out the larger-sized grains from the smaller.
1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. June 76/2 The first operation..is the grading of the middlings.
1887 Contemp. Rev. May 699 The odious elevator, against which they preferred the charges of false grading.
b. The action or process of reducing (a road, etc.) to practicable gradients; concrete a graded portion of a road. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > levelling or grading
grading1835
steamrolling1879
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > making or working railroads > [noun] > specific processes
platelaying1849
grading1880
1835 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 15 New Ser. 233 The amount of labour in grading, fixing rails, and forming all other parts of the road.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xix. 55 The grading of the road..they could easily understand.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Grading-scraper, a large two handled shovel drawn by a pair of horses..It is used in road-making [etc.].
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 130 Fifteen miles..were cleared of brush and some grading was done last year.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xvii. 155 The heavy work in..the new railway gradings is done mainly by Italians.
c. The placing of school teachers or pupils in groups according to ability and other qualifications.
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society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > grouping of pupils by ability > grouping of teachers or pupils by ability
grading1903
1903 A. B. Hart Actual Govt. 543 The number of children is great enough to allow complete grading.
1923 N.Z. Educ. Gaz. 3 Apr. 39/1 Revised grading-marks will reach all primary-school teachers this month.
1923 N.Z. Educ. Gaz. 1 Oct. 157/1 The grading of primary-school teachers.
1958 S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 90 I have tried.., giving far more to my work than many a crack Infant Mistress in town, dancing upward on the grading list.
1963 H. C. Barnard & J. A. Lauwerys Handbk. Brit. Educ. Terms 101 Grading, a method of placing pupils in groups according to their academic attainment in examinations or tests. Frequently five grades, named A, B, C, D, E, are used.
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