Synonyms of the word gradient


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gradient

  • n. A slope or incline.
  • n. A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
  • n. (calculus) Of a function y = f(x) or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of y with respect…
  • n. (sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given…
  • n. (analysis) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction…
  • adj. Moving by steps; walking.
  • adj. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
  • adj. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

position

  • n. A place or location.
  • n. A post of employment; a job.
  • n. A status or rank.
  • n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
  • n. A posture.
  • n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  • n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
  • n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
  • n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
  • v. To put into place.

slope

  • n. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
  • n. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
  • n. (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if…
  • n. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
  • n. The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise…
  • n. (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
  • v. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
  • v. (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
  • v. (colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
  • v. (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt,…
  • adj. (obsolete) Sloping.
  • adv. (obsolete) slopingly.

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