Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gradient

2 senses of gradient

Sense 1
gradient -- (a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension)
       => change -- (a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event; "he attributed the change to their marriage")

Sense 2
gradient, slope -- (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient")
       => position, spatial relation -- (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage")