"gradient" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/ Audio: en-us-gradient.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪdiənt Etymology: From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|gradiēns}} Latin gradiēns, {{m|la|gradior||to step, to walk}} gradior (“to step, to walk”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gradient (not comparable)
  1. Moving by steps; walking. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-adj-OmV9oPOT
  2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-adj-vA83uKpN
  3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-adj-Zj3ewy9c

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/ Audio: en-us-gradient.ogg [US] Forms: gradients [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪdiənt Etymology: From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|gradiēns}} Latin gradiēns, {{m|la|gradior||to step, to walk}} gradior (“to step, to walk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gradient (plural gradients)
  1. A slope or incline. Synonyms (slope): hill, incline, ramp, slope, grade Translations (slope or incline): склон (sklon) (Bulgarian), sklon [masculine] (Czech), svah [masculine] (Czech), richtingscoëfficiënt [masculine] (Dutch), rinne (Finnish), pengerrys (Finnish), pente [feminine] (French), Steigung [feminine] (German), Gefälle [neuter] (German), Neigung [feminine] (German), tanjakan (Indonesian), grádán [masculine] (Irish), на́клон (náklon) [masculine] (Macedonian), стр́мнина (stŕmnina) [feminine] (Macedonian), pendil [masculine] (Maltese), mejla [feminine] (Maltese), panaunga (Maori), tāwhatinga (Maori), stigning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stigning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zbocze [neuter] (Polish), àrdachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), nagib [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gradiente [feminine] (Spanish), lutning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-noun-Xy48uHH0 Disambiguation of 'slope': 39 30 20 4 5 2 Disambiguation of 'slope or incline': 72 14 8 2 2 1
  2. A rate of inclination or declination of a slope. Translations (rate of inclination or declination of a slope): наклон (naklon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gradient [masculine] (Catalan), sklon [masculine] (Czech), verhang (Dutch), kaltevuus (Finnish), pente (French), Steigung [feminine] (German), Gefälle [neuter] (German), Neigung [feminine] (German), gradien (Indonesian), kemiringan (Indonesian), grádán [masculine] (Irish), на́клон (náklon) [masculine] (Macedonian), pendil [masculine] (Maltese), stigning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stigning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gradiente [masculine] (Portuguese), àrdachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gradijent [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gradiente [feminine] (Spanish), lutning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-noun-zWGNX6tx Disambiguation of 'rate of inclination or declination of a slope': 15 71 7 3 4 1
  3. (calculus, of a function) The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent. Categories (topical): Calculus Synonyms (ratio of rates of change): slope (english: of a line) [calculus, mathematics, sciences], angular coefficient [calculus, mathematics, sciences]
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-noun-SiwQDbI8 Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'ratio of rates of change': 4 6 53 12 15 10
  4. (sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance. Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (in physics): գրադիենտ (gradient) (Armenian), градиент (gradient) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gradient [masculine] (Catalan), gradiënt [masculine] (Dutch), gradientti (Finnish), gradient [masculine] (French), Gradient [masculine] (German), gradiente [masculine] (Italian), gradiente [masculine] (Portuguese), градие́нт (gradijént) [masculine] (Russian), gradijent [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gradiente [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-noun-qVv6~XLQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 7 2 1 4 19 28 26 Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'in physics': 7 4 11 35 28 14
  5. (calculus) 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 Categories (topical): Calculus Coordinate_terms (differential operator): curl [calculus, mathematics, sciences], divergence [calculus, mathematics, sciences], viscid [calculus, mathematics, sciences], viscous [calculus, mathematics, sciences] Translations (in vector algebra): գրադիենտ (gradient) (Armenian), градиент (gradient) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gradiënt [masculine] (Dutch), gradientti (Finnish), gradient [masculine] (French), Gradient [masculine] (German), gradiente [masculine] (Italian), gradient [masculine] (Polish), градие́нт (gradijént) [masculine] (Russian), gradijent [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gradient [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-noun-B13cVUcX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 7 2 1 4 19 28 26 Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'differential operator': 2 1 5 10 71 12 Disambiguation of 'in vector algebra': 3 2 10 21 36 27
  6. A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation. Translations (change in color): liukuväri (Finnish), dégradé [masculine] (French), gradasi (Indonesian), gradient [masculine] (Polish), gradiente [masculine] (Portuguese), degradê [masculine] (Portuguese), färggradient [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gradient-en-noun-Tx6m24k7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 7 2 1 4 19 28 26 Disambiguation of 'change in color': 0 0 2 13 17 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gradient descent, gradient post, gradient wind, pressure gradient, pressure gradient force, ruling gradient, supergradient, temperature gradient Translations (in calculus): գրադիենտ (gradient) (Armenian), градиент (gradient) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sklon [masculine] (Czech), gradiënt [masculine] (Dutch), gradientti (Finnish), gradient [masculine] (French), Gradient [masculine] (German), εφαπτομένη (efaptoméni) [feminine] (Greek), συντελεστής διεύθυνσης (syntelestís diéfthynsis) [masculine] (Greek), hradiens (Hungarian), gradien (Indonesian), grádán [masculine] (Irish), gradiente [masculine] (Italian), gradiente [masculine] (Portuguese), градие́нт (gradijént) [masculine] (Russian), gradijent [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
Disambiguation of 'in calculus': 2 1 40 7 44 6

Inflected forms

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      "audio": "en-us-gradient.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-us-gradient.ogg/En-us-gradient.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-us-gradient.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gradient"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.