upgrading definition

upgrading means the conversion of heavy bitumen into a lighter crude oil by increasing the hydrogen to carbon ratio, either through the removal of carbon (coking) or the addition of hydrogen (hydroprocessing).

upgrading means enhancing the functionality, performance, capacity or aesthetics of a product;

upgrading means any modification work on a subsystem or part of it which results in a change in the technical file accompanying the 'EC' declaration of verification, if this technical file exists, and which improves the overall performance of the subsystem;

Examples of upgrading in a sentence

• School District No. 36 (Surrey) Continuing Education employees in the Adult Education High School Completion Program (credit courses) and Adult Education Academic Upgrading Programs (Adult Basic Education, General Education Development, Pre-General Education Development, Literacy and Adult Education English Language Programs).

• Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Employment, Upgrading, Demotion, or Transfer; Recruitment or Recruitment Advertising; Layoff or Termination; Rates of Pay or other forms of Compensation; and Selection for Training including Apprenticeship.

• A Training and Upgrading Fund to be known as the Joint Employer Training and Education Fund (the "Fund") will be established for the purpose of creating a program for addressing the workforce needs of participating employers (collectively "Participating Employers") as well as the career, knowledge and skill aspirations of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW bargaining unit employees.

• Upgrading or downgrading of MEMBER's plan shall not be allowed during the contract period.

• The AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST and the Fund are created, established and maintained, for the purpose of providing such benefits as now are, or hereafter may be, authorized and permitted by law for Participants and in accordance with its provisions written within and in the Apprenticeship Program, Journeyman Upgrading Training Program and in the Funds other rules and regulations authorized and/or created within the AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST.

More Definitions of upgrading

upgrading means any major modification work on a subsystem or part subsystem which improves the overall performance of the subsystem;

upgrading or “Upgrade” means entering into a new minimum term in return for the supply of new services and price plan (whether free of charge or on payment by you) at or after the expiry of your existing minimum term (or at any other time with our permission);

upgrading means major work to modify a subsystem or part of a subsystem which changes the performance of the subsystem,

upgrading means varying the terms of an existing policy or terminating an existing policy to purchase a new policy with the same insurer for the purpose of having better benefits than that under the existing policy, and “upgrade” shall be construed accordingly.

upgrading means the actions to achieve the conditions where the amount of water and erosion derived sediment delivered from the road surface and drainage facilities to watercourses has been minimized to the extent feasible.

upgrading means improvements, excluding repairs and other maintenance, relating to a rental dwelling which is so identified in State housing authority published accounts; and

upgrading means actions carried out to enhanceing the functionality, performance, capacity, safety or aesthetics of a product;