Grading

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grading \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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Grading}.]
     1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
        quality, rank, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
        as the line of a canal or road.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
        improve the blood of.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grading
       n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: {scaling}]
       2: changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently
          sloping surface [syn: {leveling}]
       3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;
          "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he
          had to do" [syn: {marking}, {scoring}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "grading":
     analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification,
     codification, division, filing, gradation, graduation, grouping,
     indexing, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating,
     shading, sorting, stratification, subdivision, tabulation,
     taxonomy, typology