English-Czech translations for gradient
- sklon
- gradient
- svahNezastavím se v půli cesty, dokonce ani v případě, že se cesta změní ve svah nebo spád; člověk se musí rozumným tempem dostat až do dalšího summitu. I do not stop halfway, even when the route turns into a slope or a gradient; one must keep up a reasonable pace to get to the summit.
Definition of gradient
- A slope or incline
- Of a function ''y'= ''f'or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of ''y'with respect to ''x''
that is, the amount by which ''y'changes for a certain change in ''x'
equivalently, the inclination to the X axis of the tangent to the curve of the graph - A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇&phi
- Moving by steps; walking
- Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination
- Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds
Examples
- gradient automata
- the gradient line of a railroad
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