Semester/session grade-point average and cumulative grade-point average are calculated to represent numerically a student's quality of performance. These averages are used to determine if a student qualifies for certain academic actions (e.g., Dean's List, academic warning/drop, entrance to and changes in college/major, and graduation) and programs (e.g., student aid and study abroad). Grades and Grade-Point Equivalents. Semester/Session Grade-Point Average.
Another example of an amphiarthrosis is the pubic symphysis of the pelvis. This is a cartilaginous joint in which the pubic regions of the right and left hip bones are strongly anchored to each other by fibrocartilage. This joint normally has very little mobility.
Historical Examples. 1  And forthwith, as one who may not be resisted, he swept up the cards and began to shuffle. 2  Whatever explanation of our sufferings and failures there may be we must not shuffle them off on God. 3  The cornet and bass-viol had put in an appearance, but the pianist had been lost in the shuffle.