"gradient" Definition

Definitions for the word "gradient" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 stretch of road, railway, etc., that slopes. 2 amount of such a slope. [probably from *grade after salient]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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