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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
gradient en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Moving by steps; walking.
movable and Gradient Automata
1648, John Wilkins, Mathematicall Magick. Or, The Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry. […], London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand […], →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
the gradient line of a railroad
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(not-comparable) Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
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(not-comparable, qualifier:optimization) Using the gradient to solve a problem.
Translations (1)
bg градиентен (calculus, optimization: using the gradient)
gradient en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”).
Meanings
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A slope or incline.
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A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
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.
1950 November, H. P. White, “The Furka-Oberalp Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 767:
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(of a function) The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent.
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The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
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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
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A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.
Forms
Coordinates
curl (differential operator) · divergence (differential operator) · viscid (differential operator) · viscous (differential operator)
Deriveds
gradientless · nanogradient · extragradient · temperature gradient · pressure gradient · pressure gradient force · downgradient · supergradient · chemogradient · enterogradient · multigradient · electrogradient · nongradient · intergradient · gradient post · gradient wind · thermogradient · ruling gradient · microgradient · subgradient · gradient descent · gradiently · upgradient · countergradient
Synonyms
incline (slope) · ramp (slope) · grade (slope) · slope (slope) · slope (ratio of rates of change) · angular coefficient (ratio of rates of change) · hill (slope)
Translations (110)
sh gradijent (in calculus) · hi प्रवणता (in calculus) · cs sklon (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · de Farbübergang (change in color) · fi gradientti (in vector algebra) · ru градие́нт (in calculus) · fr dégradé (change in color) · nl gradiënt (in physics) · hy գրադիենտ (in physics) · ko 방향결수 (in calculus) · es gradiente (in calculus) · eo gradiento (in calculus) · fr gradient (in physics) · es gradiente (in physics) · sv lutning (slope or incline) · ca gradient (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · bg наклон (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · pt degradê (change in color) · nb stigning (slope or incline) · cmn 梯度 (in vector algebra) · de Gefälle (slope or incline) · it gradiente (in physics) · pl gradient (in vector algebra) · hy գրադիենտ (in calculus) · pl gradient (change in color) · hy գրադիենտ (in vector algebra) · id gradien (in calculus) · mt pendil (slope or incline) · nl gradiënt (in vector algebra) · id kemiringan (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · fr gradient (in vector algebra) · ga grádán (slope or incline) · eo gradiento (in vector algebra) · ca gradient (in physics) · sh gradijent (in vector algebra) · pt gradiente (in physics) · ru градие́нт (in vector algebra) · id tanjakan (slope or incline) · de Steigung (slope or incline) · it gradiente (in vector algebra) · es gradiente (slope or incline) · ru градие́нт (in physics) · de Gefälle (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · sv gradient (in vector algebra) · hi प्रवणता (in physics) · nn stigning (slope or incline) · he מִדְרָג (change in color) · nl gradiënt (in calculus) · eo gradiento (slope or incline) · de Gradient (in vector algebra) · hi ढाल (slope or incline) · pt gradiente (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · ga grádán (in calculus) · bg склон (slope or incline) · mi tāwhatinga (slope or incline) · fr gradient (in calculus) · pl zbocze (slope or incline) · de Übergang (change in color) · hu hradiens (in calculus) · sh gradijent (in physics) · it gradiente (in calculus) · fi gradientti (in physics) · cmn 梯度 (in calculus) · pt gradiente (change in color) · bg градиент (in calculus) · fi kaltevuus (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · ga grádán (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · gd àrdachadh (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · id gradien (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · pt gradiente (in calculus) · nn stigning (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · mt mejla (slope or incline) · el συντελεστής διεύθυνσης (in calculus) · fi pengerrys (slope or incline) · de Gradient (in calculus) · el εφαπτομένη (in calculus) · gd àrdachadh (slope or incline) · bg градиент (in physics) · de Neigung (slope or incline) · nl richtingscoëfficiënt (slope or incline) · de Steigung (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · fi rinne (slope or incline) · cmn 斜率 (in calculus) · cs sklon (slope or incline) · nb stigning (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · es gradiente (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · sv lutning (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · mk на́клон (slope or incline) · bg градиент (in vector algebra) · fr pente (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · hi प्रवणता (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · fi liukuväri (change in color) · sh nagib (slope or incline) · cs sklon (in calculus) · mk на́клон (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · es gradiente (in vector algebra) · fr pente (slope or incline) · de Gradient (in physics) · cs svah (slope or incline) · sh gradijent (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · mt pendil (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · fi gradientti (in calculus) · mk стр́мнина (slope or incline) · sv färggradient (change in color) · ko 비탈도 (in calculus) · mi panaunga (slope or incline) · bg градиент (change in color) · nl verhang (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · de Neigung (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) · id gradasi (change in color)