as in slope
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the path goes up at a pretty steep gradient before leveling off
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Recent Examples of gradient
Critically, the team controlled for various confounding effects, such as thermoelectric voltages caused by temperature gradients and external electromagnetic interference.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
The dry conditions come amid the historically windy season in March and April, as stronger temperature differences and pressure gradients lead to more frequent and intense winds.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
The striking gradient floors can shift from color to color, symbol to symbol, decoration to decoration.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
The team was using gradient boosting machines to predict non-first payment default risks.
—Himanshu Sinha, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
The dry conditions come amid the historically windy season in March and April, as stronger temperature differences and pressure gradients lead to more frequent and intense winds.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
The striking gradient floors can shift from color to color, symbol to symbol, decoration to decoration.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
The team was using gradient boosting machines to predict non-first payment default risks.
—Himanshu Sinha, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gradient
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But McIlroy, with ice in his own veins, bombed his drive and put his approach within two feet after spinning it off the slope behind the hole.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The proverbial slope from seemingly reasonable uses of these technologies to unconstitutional and unjustifiably speech-suppressive uses is very slippery.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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The unusual trajectory aligned the Falcon 9 with a perfectly polar orbit at an inclination of 90 degrees to the equator, bringing the four-person crew directly over the North or South Pole every 45 minutes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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And grant funding has become less reliable as state governments face their own financial challenges while the Trump administration has shown little inclination to aid transit systems.—
Soumya Karlamangla,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The resort, however, is on an incline, and the hot springs are at the very top of the hill.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2025
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An investigation determined that the injuries occurred after the victim had parked a red 2006 Kia Sedona on an incline on the northbound side of Lyric Lane.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Gradient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gradient. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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