"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.
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Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.
Read the complete definitionA graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.
Read the complete definitionThe rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as …
Read the complete definitionAn inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
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