Gradient vs Fading - What's the difference?
gradient | fading |
A slope or incline.
A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
(calculus) Of a function y'' = ''f''(''x'') or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of ''y'' with respect to ''x''
that is, the amount by which ''y'' changes for a certain (often unit) change in ''x
equivalently, the inclination to the X axis of the tangent to the curve of the graph.
(science) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
(analysis) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field ?: ∇φ
Moving by steps; walking.
Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-10-19, volume=409, issue=8858, magazine=(The Economist), author=Banyan
, title= The act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.
* 1854 , (Herman Melville), (Israel Potter)
(obsolete) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
As nouns the difference between gradient and fading
is that gradient is a slope or incline while fading is the act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.As an adjective gradient
is moving by steps; walking.As a verb fading is
present participle of lang=en.gradient
English
Noun
(en noun) (slope) (wikipedia gradient)that is, the amount by which ''y'' changes for a certain (often unit) change in ''x
equivalently, the inclination to the X axis of the tangent to the curve of the graph.
Synonyms
* (slope) hill, incline, ramp, slope * (in calculus) slope (of a line )Derived terms
* gradient wind * ruling gradient * supergradient * temperature gradientAdjective
(-)- gradient automata
- (Wilkins)
- the gradient line of a railroad
Anagrams
* * * * ----fading
English
Verb
(head)The meaning of Sachin, passage=With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.}}
Noun
(en noun)- Fading is a fine jig.
- delicate burthens of dildos and fadings