1. Adjective
Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
2. Adjective
Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.
3. Adjective
Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
4. Noun
The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
5. Noun
A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
6. Noun
The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
7. Noun
A mathematical description of the steepest direction of change.
A vector of partial derivatives indicating the direction and rate of greatest increase of a scalar function.
“The algorithm followed the negative gradient.”
8. Noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
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