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downgradient

The English word “downgradient” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. A position down along a gradient from a starting position.
  2. a location that receives groundwater from another location; similar to downstream.

adverb

  1. The direction along a gradient.
  2. a direction that groundwater flows toward.

Etymology

From down- + gradient.

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