road grade

road grade

[′rōd ‚grād]
(civil engineering)
The level and gradient of a road, measured along its center way.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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