| grading | To bring an existing surface to a designed form by cutting, filling and/or smoothing operations. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| gradual | Taking place by a series of small changes over a long period, not sudden. (18 Nov 1997) |
| graduate | 1. One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning. 2. A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See Graduated. Origin: LL. Graduatus, p. P. Of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. Gradus grade. See Grade. 1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc. 2. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; especially, in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College. 3. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven. "Dyers advance and graduate their colours with salts." (Browne) 4. <chemistry> To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing. Origin: Cf. F. Graduer. See Graduate, Grade. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. 2. <ornithology, zoology> To taper, as the tail of certain birds. 3. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. "He graduated at Oxford." (Latham) "He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated." (Macaulay) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graduate nurse | A nurse who has received a degree, most often a bachelor's degree, from a school or college of nursing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| graduated | 1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades. 2. <zoology> Tapered; said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. Graduated spring, a combination of metallic and rubber springs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graduated compress | Layers of cloth thickest in the centre, becoming thinner toward the periphery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| graduated pipette | A pipette with a plain, narrow tube drawn out to a tip and graduated uniformly along its length. Calibration marks may be confined to the stem (Mohr pipette) or extend to the tip (serologic pipette). Synonym: Mohr pipette, serologic pipette. (05 Mar 2000) |
| graduated tenotomy | Partial incisions of the tendon of an eye muscle for correction of strabismus. Subcutaneous tenotomy, division of a tendon by means of a small pointed knife introduced through skin and subcutaneous tissue without an open operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| graduation | 1. The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in colour; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc. 2. The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale. 3. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation. Origin: LL. Graduatio promotion to a degree: cf. F. Graduation division into degrees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |