Look up: gradient

1. Gradient
   A vector of partial derivatives of a function that operates on vectors. Intuitively, the gradient represents the slope of a high-dimensional surface.
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2. Gradient
   (1) A measure of slope (soil- or water-surface) in meters of rise or fall per meter of horizontal distance. (2) More general, a change of a value per unit of distance, e.g. the GRADIENT in longshore transport causes EROSION or ACCRETION. (3) With reference to winds or currents, the rate of increase ...
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3. Gradient
   A slope or incline. In plant pathology, an observed progressive change with distance of the concentration of spores, lesions or diseased plants, or in the value of an environmental attribute.
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4. gradient
   [n] - a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension 2. [n] - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
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5. Gradient
   Also called slope. The gradient indicates how steeply a line slopes. You will come across this when using the linefitting technique. A line is described by its gradient and intercept, the point at which the line crosses the y-axis. See also Linefitting.
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6. gradient
   pressure drop
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7. Gradient
   The fall or rise per unit length of land, railway, road.
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8. Gradient
   Angle or slope of the ground or path; long gradient refers to the slope along the path line.
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9. gradient
   a term which includes upwards and downwards grades Category: Building industry • slope of the characteristic curve of the emulsion at any point, and a measure of the contrast of the image at that point. Category: General • the vector quantity normal to a surface of constant v...
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10. Gradient
    Gra'di·ent adjective [ Latin gradiens , present participle of gradi to step, to go. See Grade .] 1. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. Wilkins. 2. Rising or descending by regul...
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11. Gradient
    Gra'di·ent noun 1. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade. 2. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade. 3. The rate of increase or decrease of a variable ...
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12. gradient
    <physics> Mathematical term for the operator which determines the magnitude and direction of the greatest rate-of-change of a given function with position. Similarly used to describe such a rate-of-change. ... For instance, at a given point on a hill, the slope of the hill in the steepest uphi...
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13. gradient
    noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; `a five-degree gradient`
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14. gradient
    (gra´de-әnt) rate of increase or decrease of a variable value, or its representative curve. concentration gradient a difference in the concentration of a substance on two sides of a permeable barrier. edge gradient in radiology, the penumbra or partia...
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15. Gradient
    • (a.) Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds. • (a.) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad. • (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade. • (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or do...
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16. gradient
    (from the article `canals and inland waterways`) The geographic restriction is that, unlike roads, railways, or pipelines, which are adaptable to irregular natural features, waterways are confined ...
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17. gradient
    (from the article `fluid mechanics`) The equation is written in a compact vector notation which many readers will find totally impenetrable, but a few words of explanation may help some ... The contours on a standard map are lines along which the height of the ground above sea level is constant. They usually take a complicated form, but...
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18. Gradient
    Vector of first partial derivatives of a function (assumed to be differentiable at least once). Here this is denoted grad_f(x), where f is the function and x is a point in its domain.
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19. Gradient
    A measure of the electric field amplitude in an RF cavity. Usually expressed in percent of nominal.
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20. gradient
    Type: Term Pronunciation: grā′dē-ĕnt Definitions: 1. Rate of change of temperature, pressure, magnetic field, or other variable as a function of distance, time, or other continuously changing influence.
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21. Gradient
    The steepness of a slope as measured in degrees, percentage, or as a distance ratio (rise/run).
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22. Gradient
    A smooth spread between colours
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23. Gradient
    A measure of the electric field amplitude in an RF cavity. Usually expressed in percent of nominal.
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24. gradient
    vector quantity grad f associated at each point with a scalar field quantity f, having a direction normal to the surface on which the field quantity has a constant value, in the sense of increasing value of f, and a magnitude equal to the absolute value of the derivative of f with respect to distanc...
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25. gradient
    On a graph, the slope of a straight or curved line. The slope of a curve at any given point is represented by the slope of the tangent at that point
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