Grad

grad grád gråd grąd English Alternative forms en grad Etymology From en ru Град codename for a type of multiple rocket launcher, from en ru град hail. Pronunciation en /ˈɡɹɑd/ /ˈɡɹæd/ US en ɑd æd 1 en grad Noun A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this. en 1989 Jane’s Defence Weekly 12 Coulsdon, UK Jane’s 1050 It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21 Grad (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service. en 1998 Field Artillery Field Artillery Association (U.S.) 7 The MRL systems Smerch, Uragan, and Grad are designed to destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70 kilometers. en 2001 Olga Oliker Russia’s Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from Urban Combat Santa Monica, California Rand 29 The Russians fought back with Grad rocket-launcher salvos and mortar attacks (they also made some use of armor). en 2009 Rockets from Gaza: Harm to Civilians from Palestinian Armed Groups’ Rocket Attacks New York Human Rights Watch 22 “[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 BM-21 en Katyusha Translations rocket launcher Azerbaijani: az Qrad Belarusian: be Град m Bulgarian: bg Град m Japanese: ja グラート Gurādo Polish: pl grad m Russian: ru Град m Ukrainian: uk Град m Anagrams en adgr Gard darg drag gard German Etymology de fr grade a grade, degree, from de la gradus a step. Pronunciation de /ɡʁaːt/ de De-at-Grad.ogg Austria de De-Grad.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Grat grad de aːt 1 Noun m,(e)s,e:- degree de 0 Grad Celsius (0°C) sind 273,15 Kelvin. Zero degrees Celsius (0°C) are 273.15 Kelvin. 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 de Grad Celsius Breitengrad Gradmesser Längengrad Quadratgrad Steigerungsgrad Vergleichungsgrad Verschuldungsgrad Further reading Polish Etymology From pl grad. Pronunciation grad,grat Proper noun m-pr pl m Declension Gradowie Proper noun f 1 Gradowa Gradówna pl f Further reading Slovene Proper noun Grad m-an sl References 222