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Gradient   /grˈeɪdiənt/   Listen
Gradient

noun
1.
A graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension.
2.
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.  Synonym: slope.



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"Gradient" Quotes from Famous Books



... failure which this high-hearted, if contrarious couple were by no means minded to arrive at, now or ever. But there is no warning sign-post at the turn of the road; and already their feet were nearing it, without knowledge that its easy gradient slips into the Valley ...
— The Great Amulet • Maud Diver
... as our objective, we left Boulogne the next morning at ten o'clock. To speak more accurately, we left the hotel at ten o'clock and Boulogne itself some forty minutes later. The negotiation of an up-gradient leading out of the town ...
— Jonah and Co. • Dornford Yates


Words linked to "Gradient" :   grade, gradualness, gentleness, spatial relation, steepness, temperature gradient, rake, position, pitch, slope, precipitousness, change, abruptness, slant, concentration gradient


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