"Gradient" is a word in ENGLISH

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

Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.

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

The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude,
or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.

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