Gradient (disambiguation)
The word gradient ( from the Latin gradiens for the " increase ", the " slope " or " pitch " ) may refer to:
- A differential operator of a scalar field, see Gradient (mathematics)
Of which derived:
- Gravity gradient, referred to the change in gravitational acceleration with altitude
- Temperature gradient referred to the temperature change along a track
- Material gradient - in chemistry the concentration gradient of a substance, see concentration gradient
- Proton gradient - in chemiosmotic coupling of the concentration difference of protons on the two sides of a biomembrane
- Refers to the change of an atmospheric size in horizontal or vertical direction, see Gradient (Meteorology)
- In art a continuous color or brightness transition, see Gradient (Graphic)
See also:
- Gradient, the height profile of a road
- Gradation curve in photography
- Disambiguation