GRADIENT


Meaning of GRADIENT in English

n. 1 a a stretch of road, railway, etc., that slopes from the horizontal. b the amount of such a slope. 2 the rate of rise or fall of temperature, pressure, etc., in passing from one region to another.

[ prob. formed on GRADE after salient ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.