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gradient
[ grey-dee-uhnt ]
noun
- the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- an inclined surface; grade; ramp.
- Physics.
- the rate of change with respect to distance of a variable quantity, as temperature or pressure, in the direction of maximum change.
- a curve representing such a rate of change.
- Mathematics. a differential operator that, operating upon a function of several variables, results in a vector the coordinates of which are the partial derivatives of the function. : grad. : ∇
adjective
- rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
- progressing by walking; stepping with the feet as animals do.
- of a type suitable for walking or running, as the feet of certain birds; gressorial.
gradient
/ ˈɡɪɪəԳ /
noun
- Also called (esp US)grade a part of a railway, road, etc, that slopes upwards or downwards; inclination
- Also called (esp US and Canadian)grade a measure of such a slope, esp the ratio of the vertical distance between two points on the slope to the horizontal distance between them
- physics a measure of the change of some physical quantity, such as temperature or electric potential, over a specified distance
- maths
- (of a curve) the slope of the tangent at any point on a curve with respect to the horizontal axis
- (of a function, f ( x, y, z )) the vector whose components along the axes are the partial derivatives of the function with respect to each variable, and whose direction is that in which the derivative of the function has its maximum value. Usually written: grad f , ∇ f or ∇ f Compare curl divergence
adjective
- sloping uniformly
gradient
/ ′ŧ-əԳ /
- The degree to which something inclines; a slope. A mountain road with a gradient of ten percent rises one foot for every ten feet of horizontal length.
- The rate at which a physical quantity, such as temperature or pressure changes over a distance.
- A operator on scalar fields yielding a vector function, where the value of the vector evaluated at any point indicates the direction and degree of change of the field at that point.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gradient1
Example Sentences
The edges curl toward deep purple, a gradient of both decay and flavor.
To judge by the Forum crowd on Wednesday, Deftones have never been bigger, or more definitional for what young people want out of heavy music in all its gradients.
The first thing you notice is the steep gradient of the stand - it is as steep as regulations allow, to keep the fans as close to the pitch as possible.
“There’s been quite a gradient in the amount of precipitation in California from north to south so far this year,” said Andy Reising, the manager for DWR’s snow surveys and water supply forecasting unit.
The corridor runs for several hundred feet at a steep gradient.
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