gradient — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A slope or incline.

2. A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.

   Beispiele

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   Just beyond that station the first step is encountered and the rack resorted to, taking the line on a gradient of 1 in 9 over a steeply inclined bridge and through a spiral tunnel.

3. The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent.

   Gebrauch

   • of a function

4. The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.

5. A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ

6. A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.

Adjektiv

1. Moving by steps; walking.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   movable and Gradient Automata

2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   the gradient line of a railroad

3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

4. Using the gradient to solve a problem.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

Substantiv

1. a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

   Oberbegriffe

   change

2. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

   Synonyme

   slope

   Oberbegriffe

   positionspatial relation

   Beispiele

   a five-degree gradient