gradiente

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈdjɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: gra‧dièn‧te

Noun

gradiente m (plural gradienti)

1. (mathematics, physics) gradient

Anagrams

• adergenti, denigrate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gradientem, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”), from gradus (“a step, pace”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ɡɾa.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ɡɾa.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.d͡ʒiˈẽ.te/ [ɡɾa.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˈd͡ʒjẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈdjẽ.tɨ/ [ɡɾɐˈðjẽ.tɨ]

Noun

gradiente m (plural gradientes)

1. (calculus) gradient
2. (physics) gradient
3. gradient (rate of inclination or declination of a slope)

   Synonym: declividade

Derived terms

• gradiente vertical

Related terms

• gradação
• gradativo
• grado
• gradual
• graduamento
• grau

Spanish

Noun

gradiente m (plural gradientes)

1. gradient

Derived terms

• torre de gradiente

 

Further reading

• “gradiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28