grade : Idioms & Phrases

• 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.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
  commercial.
  
  • commercial grade of beef
  • commercial oxalic acid

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• a descent, as on a graded railroad.

Webster 1913

• (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.

Webster 1913

• noun an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
  field officer; FO.
  

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• noun intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
  level crossing.
  

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• a crossing at grade.

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• noun V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
  stripe; chevron; stripes.
  
  • they earned their stripes in Kuwait

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• noun 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
  

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• noun 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
  GPA.
  

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• noun a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
  elementary school; primary school; grammar school.
  

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• noun a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass
  

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• adjective satellite the quality of ability and work that is appropriate for students in a specified grade
  

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• adjective satellite constructed at ground level
  
  • grade-constructed accesses to the freeway

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• adjective satellite surpassing in quality
  high-grade; top-quality.
  
  • top-grade ore

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• adjective satellite inferior in rank or status
  petty; lower-ranking; lowly; subaltern; secondary.
  
  • the junior faculty
  • a lowly corporal
  • petty officialdom
  • a subordinate functionary

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• noun an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign
  lieutenant JG.
  

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• adjective satellite of inferior quality
  

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• adjective satellite containing small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure
  technical grade.
  
  • technical-grade sulfuric acid

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• adjective satellite containing small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure
  technical grade.
  
  • technical-grade sulfuric acid

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• adjective satellite surpassing in quality
  high-grade; top-quality.
  
  • top-grade ore

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• an ascent, as on a graded railroad.

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• adjective satellite used of beef; usable but inferior
  utility.
  

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• noun plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
  weapons plutonium.
  

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• adjective satellite of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction)
  
  • weapons-grade plutonium
  • weapons-grade anthrax
• adjective satellite extremely strong or concentrated or durable
  industrial-strength.
  
  • industrial-strength detergent
  • weapons-grade salsa

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