What does GRAD mean?

Definitions for GRAD
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grad, gradenoun

    one-hundredth of a right angle

  2. alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, gradnoun

    a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Wiktionary

  1. gradnoun

    Short form of graduate.

  2. gradnoun

    gradian

  3. gradnoun

    Short form of graduation.

ChatGPT

  1. grad

    Grad, also known as gradient, is a mathematical operation used in the field of vector calculus. It gives the vector direction of maximum rate of increase of a scalar field at a point, and its magnitude indicates the rate of change of the scalar field in that direction. In other words, it represents the spatial variation of a quantity. The operation computes a vector that contains the partial derivatives of a scalar function with respect to each of its variables. In physics, the concept of grad is often utilized to explain physical phenomena like heat conduction and fluid flow.

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  1. GRAD

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GRAD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grad is ranked #31482 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Grad surname appeared 735 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Grad.

    95.5% or 702 total occurrences were White.
    1.6% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.2% or 9 total occurrences were Black.
    1.2% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GRAD in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GRAD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of GRAD in a Sentence

  1. Amishi Jha:

    'This training is not for wimps,' as my grad student, who was a former football player, used to say, this is for the toughest of the tough who want to make the world better and benefit personally, too.

  2. Chris Barber:

    It’s a great outcome, if current freshmen or grad students are considering doing something similar, I’d strongly support it.

  3. Dick Durbin:

    For many of senators, yesterday was an opportunity to showcase talking points for the November election, for example, all Democrats are soft on crime. Therefore, this nominee must be soft on crime. Well, you've made a mess of their stereotype. The endorsement of the Fraternal Order Police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police just doesn't fit with their stereotype of a Harvard grad black woman who is aspiring to the highest court in the land.

  4. Dick Durbin:

    You've made a mess of their stereotype, the endorsement of the Fraternal Order Police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police just doesn't fit with their stereotype of a Harvard grad Black woman who is aspiring to the highest court in the land.

  5. Troy Littleton:

    These sort of ideas are built into the system, that it's very difficult to have a child and be a grad student, often create these sort of invisible barriers that we never even see, but they keep many women from entering STEM to begin with, having a policy where there's clear support laid out, that is not something you have to go dig up and find and fight for, that every student has access to, will be very helpful.

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