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

Dutch: gradiënt
Polish: gradient

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal:
— A five-degree gradient.

synonym: slope.

Roget 217: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.; slopeness^†; leaning etc. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion etc. 243; bend etc. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa.    acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd^†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity^†; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe [Fr.]; facilis descensus averni [Lat.].    ... show more

Dutch: richtingscoëfficient, glooiing, steilte, helling, schoot