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"a five-degree gradient"nounthe property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
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nouna graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimensiontype of:
Definition that contains gradient
- grade the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
- grade level to the right gradient
- gradual (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt
- gravity gradient a gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object
- active transport transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy
- concentration gradient a gradient in concentration of a solute as a function of distance through a solution