gradient
English Thesaurus
1. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | position, spatial relation, |
| definition | : | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | grade, |
| definition | : | the gradient of a slope or road or other surface (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | pitch, rake, slant, |
| definition | : | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | gentleness, gradualness, |
| definition | : | the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual (noun.attribute) |
2. a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | change, |
| definition | : | a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event (noun.linkdef) |
| hyponym | : | concentration gradient, |
| definition | : | a gradient in concentration of a solute as a function of distance through a solution (noun.linkdef) |
| hyponym | : | gravity gradient, |
| definition | : | a gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object (noun.linkdef) |
| hyponym | : | temperature gradient, |
| definition | : | change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude) (noun.linkdef) |
3. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal (noun.attribute)
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