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Gradient in vector calculus is a vector field representing the maximum rate of increase of a scalar field or a multivariate function and the direction of this maximal rate.
Gradient may also refer to:
- Gradient sro, a Czech aircraft manufacturer
- Image gradient, a gradual change or blending of color
- Color gradient, a range of position-dependent colors, usually used to fill a region
- Texture gradient, the distortion in size which closer objects have compared to objects farther away
- Spatial gradient, a gradient whose components are spatial derivatives
- Grade (slope), the inclination of a road or other geographic feature
- Slope, a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of a line
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with gradient
- All pages with titles containing gradient
- Fade (disambiguation)
- Gradation (disambiguation)
- Grade (disambiguation)
- Rate of change (disambiguation)
- Transition (disambiguation)
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