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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Gradient

Gradient (gradient)
a.(?)
Gra"di*ent
[L. gradiens, p. pr. of gradi to step, to go. See Grade.]
  1. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
    Wilkins.
  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.

Gradient

Gradient (gradient)
n.
Gra"di*ent
  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.

    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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