Definition of Gradient

Gra´di`ent
a.1.Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
2.Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.
3.Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
n.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 magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
4.(Chem., Biochem.) 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.
Gradient post
a post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, or embankment, etc., at that spot.


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