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/gray'deuh bil"i tee/, n. Transp.a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.[1950-55; GRADE + -ABILITY]
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gradability — noun The property of being gradable … Wiktionary
gradability — /gray deuh bil i tee/, n. Transp. a measure of a truck s pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load. Also, gradeability. Cf. grade (def. 9). [1950 55; GRADE + ABILITY] … Useful english dictionary
gradeability — /gray deuh bil i tee/, n. Transp. gradability. * * * … Universalium
gradable — grad|a|ble [ˈgreıdəbəl] adj an adjective which is gradable can be used in the ↑comparative or ↑superlative forms, or with words such as very or fairly >gradability [ˌgreıdəˈbılıti] n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
gradable — adjective Grammar denoting an adjective that can be used in the comparative and superlative and take a submodifier. Derivatives gradability noun … English new terms dictionary
gradable — adjective an adjective which is gradable can be used in the comparative 1 (4) or superlative 1 (2) forms, or with words such as very , fairly , and almost gradability noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
adjective — 1. general. The term adjective was itself an adjective for a hundred years before it became used as a noun for one of the parts of speech. Joseph Priestley, in The Rudiments of English Grammar (1761), was perhaps the first English grammarian to… … Modern English usage
