GRADIENT
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪdi͡ənt], \ɡɹˈeɪdiənt], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_d_iə_n_t]\
Definitions of GRADIENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
By Princeton University
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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
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Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.
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Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
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The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
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A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
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The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
By Oddity Software
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Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
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Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.
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Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
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The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
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A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
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The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
By Noah Webster.
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Gradually rising: rising with a regular slope.
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The degree of slope on a road or railway: the difference in the height of the barometer between one place and another place at some distance: an incline.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Advancing by steps or by a grade.
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Civ. Eng. A grade.
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Meteor. Rate of increase or decrease, as of barometric pressure.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
