1. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
2. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
3. The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient. Gradient post, a post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, or embankment, etc., at that spot.
GRADIN; GRADINE
Gra"din, Gra*dine", n. Etym: [F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.]
(Arch.)
Defn: Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another. "The gradines of the amphitheeater." Layard.
GRADINE
Gra*dine", n. Etym: [F. gradine.]
Defn: A toothed chised by sculptors.
GRADING
Grad"ing, n.
Defn: 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.
GRADINO
Gra*di"no, n.; pl. Gradinos. Etym: [It.] (Arch.)