gradient

gradient is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
2. adjective. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.
3. adjective. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
4. noun. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
5. noun. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
6. noun. The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
7. noun. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

   "a five-degree gradient"

   Synonyms: slope

8. noun. a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

Synonyms

slope

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gradient:

derating, redating, treading

Common word forms

gradients, gradienter

Words from these letters

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