| grade | a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed |
| grade separation | a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass |
level crossing
grade crossing | intersection of a railway and a road on the same level, barriers close road when trains pass |
a severity
severeness harshness rigor rigour rigorousness rigourousness inclemency
hardness stiffness | excessive sternness, severity of character, the harshness of his punishment was inhuman, the rigors of boot camp |
| hardness ruggedness | the quality of being difficult to do, he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness, the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail |
unfeelingness
callousness
callosity
hardness insensibility | devoid of passion or feeling, hardheartedness |
| hardness | a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering, the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present |
| hardness | the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure, not easily scratched, measured on Mohs scale |
| grade | the gradient of a slope or road or other surface, the road had a steep grade |
degree
grade
level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality, a moderate grade of intelligence, a high level of care is required, it is all a matter of degree |
| degree | the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime), murder in the second degree, a second degree burn |
| grade ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands, the base of the tower was below grade |
mark grade
score | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance), she made good marks in algebra, grade A milk, what was your score on your homework? |
| grade point | 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 |
| degree of freedom | (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution |
| degree of freedom | one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system |
| degree | the highest power of a term or variable |
| degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term |
| degree of a polynomial | the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree |
| first degree | a degree of one, all of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree |
positive
positive degree | the primary form of an adjective or adverb, denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution |
comparative
comparative degree r | the comparative form of an adjective or adverb, `faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast', `less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous', `more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely' |
| superlative superlative degree | the superlative form of an adjective or adverb, `fastest' is the superlative of the adjective `fast', `least famous' is the superlative degree of the adjective `famous', `most surely' is the superlative of the adverb `surely' |
| degree program | a course of study leading to an academic degree |
academic degree
degree | an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study, he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude |
associate degree
associate | a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies |
bachelor's degree
baccalaureate | an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies |
honours
honours degree | a university degree with honors |
first
firstlass honours degree | an honours degree of the highest class |
| master's degree | an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree |
doctor's degree
doctorate | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university |
| law degree | degree conferred on someone who successfully completes law school |
honorary degree
honoris causa | a degree conferred to honor the recipient |
grade
gradation | a degree of ablaut |
| third degree | interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession |
grade point average
GPA | 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 |
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stripe
stripes
grade insignia | V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service, they earned their stripes in Kuwait |
class form
grade
course | a body of students who are taught together, early morning classes are always sleepy |
grade school
grammar school
elementary school
primary school | a school for young children, usually the first or grades |
field-grade officer
field officer
FO | an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel |
lieutenant junior grade
lieutenant JG | an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard, below lieutenant and above ensign |
degree
arcdegree | a measure for arcs and angles, there aredegrees in a circle |
grad
grade | one-hundredth of a right angle |
| degree | a unit of temperature on a specified scale, the game was played in spite of the -degree temperature |
degree centigrade
degree Celsius
C | a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature |
degree Fahrenheit
F | a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature |
| degree day | a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building |
degree level
stage
point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process, a remarkable degree of frankness, at what stage are the social sciences? |
| first-degree burn | burn causing redness of the skin surface |
| second-degree burn | burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis |