GRADIENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
   Synonym(s)
   • slope (what does slope mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a five-degree gradient
   Hypernyms(s) gradient is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • position (what does position mean?)
   • spatial relation (what does spatial relation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grade (what does grade mean?)
   • pitch (what does pitch mean?)
   • rake (what does rake mean?)
   • slant (what does slant mean?)
   • abruptness (what does abruptness mean?)
   • precipitousness (what does precipitousness mean?)
   • steepness (what does steepness mean?)
   • gradualness (what does gradualness mean?)
   • gentleness (what does gentleness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • slope (what does slope mean?)
   • incline (what does incline mean?)
   • pitch (what does pitch mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
   Hypernyms(s) gradient is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • gravity gradient (what does gravity gradient mean?)
   • temperature gradient (what does temperature gradient mean?)