graded

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks“stratified areas of the distribution”Synonyms: ranked stratified

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]

graded \graded\ adj.

1.ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of graded difficulty.

Syn: ordered, ranked. [WordNet 1.5]

2.leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.

Syn: graveled. [WordNet 1.5]