grade line
1grade line — The line which determines the grade of a highway or street where such highway or street is constructed otherwise than as a level or horizontal way. The grade of a street is the amount of difference between the grade line and a level or horizontal …
2grade line — grade (def. 10). * * * …
3grade line — noun : a longitudinal reference line or slope to which a highway or railway is built * * * grade (def. 10) …
4grade — Noun: An inclination, as in a highway. The lay of the land in reference to the elevation of adjoining lands. The amount of difference between the grade line and a level or horizontal line. Davies v East Saginaw, 66 Mich 37, 39. A degree or rank,… …
5grade — /grayd/, n., v., graded, grading. n. 1. a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper. 2. a class of persons or things of the same relative rank, quality, etc. 3. a step or stage in a… …
6grade of street — See street grade; grade line …
7Grade — 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… …
8grade crossing — grade ,crossing noun count AMERICAN a place where a road crosses a railroad line …
9hydraulic grade line — noun see hydraulic gradient …
10Grade (slope) — d = run Δh = rise l = slope length α = angle of inclination This article is for the grade of a topographic feature or constructed element, for other uses see: Slope (disambiguation) The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, pitch or rise)… …
