Gradient Definition
grādē-ənt
gradients
noun
gradients
A slope, as of a road or railroad.
Webster's New World
The degree of such slope.
Webster's New World
An ascending or descending part; an incline.
American Heritage Medicine
A gradation in rate of growth, metabolism, etc. in an organism, growing part, or developing embryo.
Webster's New World
The rate of change of a physical quantity, as temperature or pressure, with distance.
Webster's New World
adjective
Ascending or descending with a uniform slope.
Webster's New World
Moving by steps; walking.
Gradient automata.
Wiktionary
Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Gradient
Noun
Singular:
gradient
Plural:
gradientsOrigin of Gradient
-
From Latin gradiens, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”)
From Wiktionary
Perhaps grade -ient (as in quotient)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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