Gradient : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gradient	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gradient n a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" Synonym(s): gradient, slope
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gradient \Gra"dient\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gradient \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.