What is "gradient" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does gradient mean in English? Meaning of gradient definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "gradient" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "gradient": a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

Noun

  • Meaning: a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
  • Synonyms: gradient
  • Hyponyms: concentration gradient gravity gradient temperature gradient
  • Hypernyms: change
  • Meaning of "gradient": the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

    Noun

  • Meaning: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
  • Example: a five-degree gradient
  • Synonyms: gradient slope
  • Hyponyms: abruptness gentleness grade gradualness pitch precipitousness rake slant steepness
  • Hypernyms: position spatial relation
  • Adjective: A slope or incline.A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.(calculus) Of a function y = f(x) or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of y with respect to x that is, the amount by which y changes for a certain (often unit) change in x equivalently, the inclination to the X axis of the tangent to the curve of the graph.(sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.(analysis) 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
  • Synonyms:

    acclivity, angle, incline, declivity, grade, tilt, rise, lean, slant, ramp, cant, hill, leaning, pitch, bank, inclination,

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