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Gradient
ˈɡreɪdiənt
Gradient definitions
noun
gradient
gradients
- an inclined part of a road or railway; a slope
"fail-safe brakes for use on steep gradients"
- the degree of a slope
"the path becomes very rough as the gradient increases"
- the degree of steepness of a graph at any point
- an increase or decrease in the magnitude of a property (e.g. temperature, pressure, or concentration) observed in passing from one point or moment to another
- the rate of a gradient change
- the vector formed by the operator ∇ acting on a scalar function at a given point in a scalar field