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gradiente

Pronunciation: /ɡɾaˈdjente/

“gradiente” is a Spanish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. gradient (the rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance)
  2. slope, incline, gradient

In Spanish

  1. Resultado de dividir la diferencia del valor de una magnitud en dos puntos diferentes entre la distancia entre estos.
  2. El gradiente de un campo escalar es un campo vectorial, que para cada punto del campo escalar el gradiente define un vector que apunta en la dirección de la mayor razón de cambio y cuya magnitud es la mayor razón de cambio.

Etymology

From Latin gradientem.

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