gradient
- IPA[ˈɡrādēənt]
美式
- an inclined part of a road or railway; a slope;the degree of a slope
noun: gradient, plural noun: gradients
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an inclined part of a road or railway; a slope fail-safe brakes for use on steep gradients 同義詞
- ▪ the degree of a slope the path becomes very rough as the gradient increases 同義詞
- ▪ the degree of steepness of a graph at any point.
- 2. an increase or decrease in the magnitude of a property (e.g. temperature, pressure, or concentration) observed in passing from one point or moment to another.
- ▪ the rate of a gradient change.
- ▪ the vector formed by the operator ∇ acting on a scalar function at a given point in a scalar field.
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- IPA[ˈɡreɪdɪənt]
英式
- an inclined part of a road or railway; a slope: fail-safe brakes for use on steep gradients
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