English
grad
see also: Grad
Pronunciation Noun

grad (plural grads)

  1. Abbreviation of graduate#English|graduate.
  2. Abbreviation of graduation#English|graduation.
  3. (geometry, trigonometry) Abbreviation of gradian#English|gradian.
Noun

grad (plural grads)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Grad#English|Grad
Grad
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɡɹɑd/, /ˈɡɹæd/
Noun

grad (plural grads)

  1. A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.
    • 1989: Jane’s Defence Weekly, v 12, Coulsdon, UK: Jane’s, p 1050:
      It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21 Grad (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service.
    • 1998: Field Artillery, Field Artillery Association (U.S.), p 7:
      The MRL systems Smerch, Uragan, and Grad are designed to destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70 kilometers.
    • 2001: Olga Oliker, Russia’s Chechen Wars 1994–2000: Lessons from Urban Combat, Santa Monica, California: Rand, p 29:
      The Russians fought back with Grad rocket-launcher salvos and mortar attacks (they also made some use of armor).
    • 2009: Rockets from Gaza: Harm to Civilians from Palestinian Armed Groups’ Rocket Attacks, New York: Human Rights Watch, p 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 Translations
  • Russian: Град


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Offline English dictionary