From en.wiktionary.org:
[grad]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher , or a rocket fired by this.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1989 | title=Jane’s Defence Weekly | volume=12 | location=Coulsdon, UK | publisher=Jane’s | page=1050
|passage=It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21
GRAD (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1998 | title=Field Artillery | author=Field Artillery Association (U.S.) | page=7
|passage=The MRL systems _Smerch_, _Uragan_, and _GRAD_ are designed to
destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70
kilometers.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2001 | author=Olga Oliker | title=Russia’s Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from Urban Combat | location=Santa Monica, California | publisher=Rand | page=29
|passage=The Russians fought back with _GRAD_ rocket-launcher salvos and
mortar attacks (they also made some use of armor).}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2009 | title=Rockets from Gaza: Harm to Civilians from Palestinian Armed Groups’ Rocket Attacks | location=New York | publisher=Human Rights Watch | page=22
|passage=“[w]e saw Hamas come and put up rocket launchers and fire. We could
tell they were GRADS by the sound, which is louder and deeper than that of
Qassams.”}}
**** Synonyms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[rocket launcher]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Russian: [ru]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
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*** Anagrams
- [en]
** German
*** Etymology
[de], from [de].
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
*** Noun
[m,(e)s,e:-]
1. degree
**** Usage notes
- When used as a measuring unit (e.g. for temperature), the word always has the unchanged plural _Grad_ : _zwei Grad wärmer_ – "two degrees warmer"; _einige Grad kühler_ – "some degrees cooler".
- When not used as a measuring unit, the plural form is _Grade_ : _Die soziale Ungleichheit hat bisher ungekannte Grade erreicht._ – "Social inequality has reached degrees previously unknown." This usage is less common than in English.
**** Declension
[m,(e)s,e:-]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|de |Grad Celsius |Breitengrad |Gradmesser |Längengrad |Quadratgrad
|Steigerungsgrad |Vergleichungsgrad |Verschuldungsgrad }}
*** Further reading
- [R:de:DWDS]
- [R:de:UniLeipzig]
- [R:de:Duden]
** Polish
*** Etymology
From [pl].
*** Pronunciation
[hh=grad,grat]
*** Proper noun
[m-pr]
1. [pl]
**** Declension
[nomp=Gradowie]
*** Proper noun
[f]
1. [pl]
*** Further reading
- [Grad]
** Slovene
*** Proper noun
[Grad]
1. [sl]
*** References
- [page=222]