gradient

Definition of Gradient in English :

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Noun

1. gradient

a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

2. gradient, slope

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

Example Sentences:
'a five-degree gradient'

slope

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gradient

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noun

1. Also called (esp US): grade

a part of a railway, road, etc, that slopes upwards or downwards; inclination

2. 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

3. physics

a measure of the change of some physical quantity, such as temperature or electric potential, over a specified distance

4. mathematics

a.

(of a curve) the slope of the tangent at any point on a curve with respect to the horizontal axis

b.

(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 (sense 11), divergence (sense 4)

adjective

5.

sloping uniformly

Gradient

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adjective

1.

ascending or descending with a uniform slope

noun

2.

a.

a slope, as of a road or railroad

b.

the degree of such slope

3. Biology

a gradation in rate of growth, metabolism, etc. in an organism, growing part, or developing embryo

4. US, Ancient Mathematics

a vector pointing in the direction of the most rapid increase of a function and having coordinates that are the partial derivatives of the function

5. Physics

the rate of change of a physical quantity, as temperature or pressure, with distance

Gradient

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n. Abbr. grad.

1. A rate of inclination; a slope.

2. An ascending or descending part; an incline.

3. Physics The rate at which a physical quantity, such as temperature or pressure, changes in response to changes in a given variable, especially distance.

4. Mathematics A vector having coordinate components that are the partial derivatives of a function with respect to its variables.

5. Biology A series of progressively increasing or decreasing differences in the growth rate, metabolism, or physiological activity of a cell, organ, or organism.

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