Words Like GRADIENT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to GRADIENT.

7 Alternative Words Similar to gradient

1 Slope Noun      Synonym Words Like Slope
2 Change Noun      Synonym Words Like Change
3 Position Noun      Synonym Words Like Position
4 Walking Adjective      Synonym Words Like Walking
5 Grade Noun      Synonym Words Like Grade
6 Slant Noun      Hyponym Words Like Slant
7 Pitch Noun      Hyponym Words Like Pitch

3 examples of gradient

1 gradient automata
2 the gradient line of a railroad
3 a thermometric gradient

10 definitions of gradient

1 Moving by steps; walking.
2 Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
3 Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
4 The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
5 A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
6 The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it.
7 The variation of the concentration of a chemical substance in solution through some linear path; also called concentration gradient; -- usually measured in concentration units per unit distance. Concentration gradients are created naturally, e.g. by the diffusion of a substance from a point of high concentration toward regions of lower concentration within a body of liquid; in laboratory techniques they may be made artificially.
8 the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
9 a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
10 A rate of inclination; a slope.
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