GRADING: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | gr'eyding
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| Matching Terms: | | Gradin, Gradine, Gradino
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
- [n] evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
- [n] the act of arranging in a graduated series
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| | Synonyms: | | leveling, marking, scaling, scoring |
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| | See Also: | | building, construction, evaluation, order, ordering, rating | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Grad"ing\, n.
The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of
bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired
level or grade.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a process for classifying cancer cells to determine the growth rate of the tumor. The cancer cells are measured by how closely they look like normal cells. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | To bring an existing surface to a designed form by cutting, filling and/or smoothing operations. |
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| | Related Terms: | | analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification, codification, division, filing, gradation, graduation, grouping, indexing, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, shading, sorting, stratification, subdivision, tabulation, taxonomy, typology |
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