adj
Meaning 1
Moving by steps; walking.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Moving by steps; walking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Using the gradient to solve a problem.
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Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: optimization
Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences
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noun
A slope or incline.
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noun
A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
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noun
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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Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences
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noun
The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
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Topics: sciences
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noun
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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Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences
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noun
A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.
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noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: slope
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Broader terms: position, spatial relation
Narrower terms: grade, pitch, rake, slant, abruptness, precipitousness, steepness, gradualness, gentleness
noun
a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
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Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: concentration gradient, gravity gradient, temperature gradient
History
From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”).
Across languages
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