Graded

graded
    adj 1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified
           areas of the distribution" [syn: {graded}, {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.
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   2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
      as the line of a canal or road.
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   3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
      improve the blood of.
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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]
    

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "graded":
      aligned, arranged, arrayed, assorted, cataloged, categorized,
      classified, composed, constituted, disposed, filed, fixed, grouped,
      harmonized, hierarchic, indexed, marshaled, methodized, normalized,
      on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed, placed,
      pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated,
      routinized, sorted, standardized, stratified, synchronized,
      systematized, tabular