Gradient

What do we mean by gradient?

A rate of inclination; a slope. noun

An ascending or descending part; an incline. noun

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

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

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

In mathematics, a rational integral homogeneous and isobaric function. noun

In geometry, slope. noun

Moving by steps; walking; gressorial: ambulatory: opposed to saltatory: said either of animals or of their gait: in heraldry, said of a tortoise used as a bearing and represented in fesse.

In herpetology, walking or running on legs; specifically, of or pertaining to the Gradientia: correlated with salient and serpent.

Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination: as, the gradient line of a railroad.

Same as grade, 2. noun

In physics, the rate at which a variable quantity, as temperature or pressure, changes in value: as, thermometric gradient; barometric gradient. noun

Moving by steps; walking. adjective

Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination. adjective

Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds. adjective

The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade. noun

A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade. noun

The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it. noun

The variation of the concentration of a chemical substance in solution through some linear path; also called concentration gradient; -- usually measured in concentration units per unit distance. Concentration gradients are created naturally, e.g. by the diffusion of a substance from a point of high concentration toward regions of lower concentration within a body of liquid; in laboratory techniques they may be made artificially. noun

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. noun

A slope or incline.

A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.

Of a function y = f(x) or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of y with respect to x that is, the amount by which y changes for a certain (often unit) change in x equivalently, the inclination to the X axis of the tangent to the curve of the graph.

The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.

A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ

A gradual change in color. A color gradient; gradation.

Words that are spelled similarly to gradient:
gradient, radiant, gradients, grading, gradin, graden, gradience, grandgent, gradins, graelent, gradina, adient, gradine, gradino, radint, redient, grapiest, gradian, grodiest, gradians.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gradient:
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Words that rhyme with gradient:
radiant.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gradient:
medullary, potential, hydraulic, electrochemical, steep, linear, vertical, osmotic, thermal, high, average, horizontal, geothermal, mean, negative, maximum, low, strong, electric, electrical, radial, magnetic, positive, normal, adverse, constant, steeper, arterial, latitudinal, continuous, axial, systolic, uniform, significant, environmental, spatial, longitudinal, hydrostatic, gentle, sharp, discontinuous, temporal, steepest, favorable, adiabatic, critical, slight, pressure, south, initial, encoding, partial, refractive, diastolic, regional, aortic, barometric, easy, shallow, overall, lateral, stable, marked, corresponding, conjugate, elevational, residual, climatic, minimum, down, instantaneous, ionic, downward, steady, upward, applied, altitudinal, observed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gradient:
elution, descent, method, centrifugation, wind, tool, methods, echo, direction, analysis, algorithm, gels, fields, information, force, layer, techniques, technique, coils, flow, separation, image, systems, chromatography, index, palette, fills, electrophoresis, field, streams, search, conditions, fractions, pulses, strength, effects, model, theory, algorithms, hypothesis, formation, term, map, effect, materials, magnitude, echoes, measurements, approach, nulling, material, ascent, slope, terms, values, ultracentrifugation, projection, procedure, space, solution, vector, fill, tab, color, profile, medium, diffusion, winds, models, shape, pattern, reversal, figure, gel, bar, corrections, velocity, box, estimation, equation, operator, test, operators, currents, speed, balance, based, layers, approximation, separations, drift, directions.

Words that sound like gradient:
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