gradient

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. Moving by steps; walking.

2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.

- the gradient line of a railroad

3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

noun

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

Definition categories: link, change

2. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

- a five-degree gradient

Similar word(s): slope

Definition categories: attribute, position