Meaning of GRADIENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'greydeeunt
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- [n] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
- [n] a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
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| | Synonyms: | | slope |
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| | See Also: | | abruptness, change, gentleness, grade, gradualness, gravity gradient, pitch, position, precipitousness, rake, slant, spatial relation, steepness, temperature gradient | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gra"di*ent\, a. [L. gradiens, p. pr. of gradi to step,
to go. See {Grade}.]
1. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
--Wilkins.
2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination;
as, the gradient line of a railroad.
3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
\Gra"di*ent\, n.
1. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road;
grade.
2. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a
portion of a way not level; a grade.
3. The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude,
or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric
gradient.
{Gradient post}, a post or stake indicating by its height or
by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, or
embankment, etc., at that spot.
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| | Definition: | | - The slope of a grade line.
- Average change in vertical elevation per unit of horizontal distance, usually measured as meters of drop per kilometer of map distance.
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| | Related Terms: | | bank, bevel, bezel, chute, easy slope, fleam, gentle slope, glacis, grade, hanging gardens, helicline, hillside, inclination, incline, inclined plane, launching ramp, lean, leaning, pitch, ramp, rise, rising, scarp, shelving beach, side, slant, slope, steep slope, stiff climb, talus, tilt, uprise, uprising, vertical height |
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