gradient vs slope what difference
what is difference between gradient and slope
English
Etymology
From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/
Noun
gradient (plural gradients)
- A slope or incline.
- A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
- (calculus, of a function) The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve’s tangent.
- (sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
- (calculus) 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: ∇φ
- A gradual change in color. A color gradient; gradation.
Synonyms
- (slope): hill, incline, ramp, slope
- (calculus, ratio of rates of change): slope (of a line), angular coefficient
Coordinate terms
- (calculus, differential operator): curl, divergence, viscid, viscous
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
gradient (not comparable)
- Moving by steps; walking.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- movable and Gradient Automata
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
- Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
Anagrams
- atreding, derating, e-trading, gantried, red giant, redating, treading
French
Pronunciation
Noun
gradient m (plural gradients)
- gradient
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English gradient, from Latin gradiens
Noun
gradient m (definite singular gradienten, indefinite plural gradienter, definite plural gradientene)
- a gradient
References
- “gradient” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “gradient” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English gradient, from Latin gradiens
Noun
gradient m (definite singular gradienten, indefinite plural gradientar, definite plural gradientane)
- a gradient
References
- “gradient” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English gradient, from Latin gradiēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): //ˈɡrad.jɛnt//
Noun
gradient m inan
- (mathematical analysis) gradient (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)
- gradient (change in color)
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun phrase) gradient geotermiczny
- (adjective) gradientowy
Further reading
- gradient in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gradient in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French gradient.
Noun
gradient m (plural gradienți)
- gradient
Declension
Swedish
Noun
gradient c
- (mathematical analysis) gradient; a vector operator
Declension
Anagrams
- indraget, tragedin
English
Etymology
From aslope (adjective, adverb).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sloʊp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sləʊp/
- Rhymes: -əʊp
Noun
slope (countable and uncountable, plural slopes)
- An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
- The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
- (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
- The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
- (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
Synonyms
- (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward): bank, embankment, gradient, hill, incline
- (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward): gradient
- (mathematics): first derivative, gradient
- (offensive: Chinese person): Chinaman, Chink
Translations
Verb
slope (third-person singular simple present slopes, present participle sloping, simple past and past participle sloped)
- (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
- (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
- (colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
- (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
Derived terms
- ski slope
- slippery slope
- Slope County
- sloping
Translations
Adjective
slope (comparative more slope, superlative most slope)
- (obsolete) Sloping.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
- A bank not steep, but gently slope.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
Adverb
slope (comparative more slope, superlative most slope)
- (obsolete) slopingly
Anagrams
- LEPOs, Poles, S-pole, eslop, lopes, olpes, poles, spole
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
slope
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of sluipen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of slopen
Anagrams
- sloep, spoel