GRADIENT

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. Wilkins.

2.
a.

Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.

3.
a.

Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birsds.

4.
n.

The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

5.
n.

A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

6.
n.

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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