gradient - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'gradient' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gradient

[ a.]

- Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
- Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.
- Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

2 . Gradient

[ n.]

- The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
- A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
- The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.

Meaning of 'gradient' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gradient

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

Example in sentence:

a five-degree gradient

Nearby Words:

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Gradient
Gradient is a constant rate of change between two conditions or variables.
Temporal gradient
Temporal gradient is a change in the concentration of a chemical substance, or in the intensity of a physical agent such as light, with time.

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