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ruling gradients

ruling gradients is the plural of ruling gradient.

Meaning of ruling gradient

Noun

ruling gradient (plural ruling gradients)

  1. The steepest uphill gradient in one direction on a section of railway line.
    • For the next mile, the line falls, and then rises again, at a gradient of 1 in 50, the ruling gradient of the line.1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 839
    Synonyms:
    ruling grade

Questions about ruling gradients

What is ruling gradients the plural of?
Ruling gradients is the plural of ruling gradient.

Words near ruling gradients in the dictionary

  1. ruling class
  2. ruling classes
  3. ruling grade
  4. ruling grades
  5. ruling gradient
  6. ruling gradients
  7. ruling in
  8. ruling off
  9. ruling OK
  10. ruling on
  11. ruling out

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