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
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