Grade - in Civil Engineering and Geosciences

In Civil Engineering and Geosciences

  • Grade (slope), the pitch of a slope such as a hill, road or railway
  • Land grading, the preparation and levelling of land for construction, especially of roads and railways
  • Grade separation, aligning a junction of two or more transport axes at different heights to facilitate traffic flow.
  • Graded bedding, a description of the variation in grain size through a bed in a sedimentary rock

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