'Graded' definitions:

Definition of 'graded'

From: WordNet
adjective
Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" [syn: graded, ranked, stratified]

Definition of 'Graded'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'graded'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]