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▪ I. rated, ppl. a.1|ˈreɪtɪd|
[f. rate v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Reckoned, esteemed, classed; assessed, etc. Now usually, subject to rates.
1595Shakes. John v. iv. 37 Paying the fine of rated Treachery. 1596― 1 Hen. IV, iv. iv. 17 [Q.] Owen Glendower's absence..Who with them was a rated sinew. 1758Brakenridge in Phil. Trans. L. 467 The rated houses are to the cottages more than two to one. 1805Naval Chron. XIII. 182 A rated Port Ship. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 225 If there be any quills found in the wings, they are chargeable with the rated duties thereon. 1883J. Chamberlain in Pall Mall G. 26 Nov. 12/1 Additional burden on the rated occupiers.
2. Of a numerical characteristic or property: having the value that a device, apparatus, etc., is designed to operate at or attain under normal conditions, or at which other characteristics are evaluated.
1893Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers X. 260 Promptness of action requires that the temperature of fusion should not be too far removed from that attained when the wire is being worked at its rated capacity. 1916[see rating vbl. n. 3]. 1931R. N. Liptrot in Handbk. Aeronautics (R. Aeronaut. Soc.) ii. 121 From ground level to the rated height the r.p.m. and horse-power progressively increase until at the rated height normal r.p.m. and horse-power are reached. 1942I. Gleed Arise to Conquer ii. 16 One of my jobs was to test them [sc. Spitfires] at rated altitude, about 18,000 feet. 1945G. V. Welbourne Flight & Engines xi. 135 The use of two separate jets is but one way of ensuring a sufficiently rich mixture at full rated power and take-off. 1975D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. vii. 9 The surge voltage applicable to electrolytic capacitors is a voltage in excess of the rated voltage which the capacitor will withstand for a specified limited period at any temperature. 1978Nature 6 Apr. 520/1 The wind speed data..were fed into simulated wind generators having the following characteristics: rotor diameter, 60 m; rated wind speed, 14 m s-1; furling wind speed, 27 m s-1.
▪ II. rated, ppl. a.2|ˈreɪtɪd|
[f. rate v.2 + -ed1.]
Scolded, severely reproved.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. i. 29 As rated spaniell takes his burden up for feare. 1808Scott Marm. iv. i, The rated horse-boy. 1825― Talism. iv, Couching like a rated hound. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xvi, He merely passed by sheepishly with a rated, scowling look. |