Definition of Gradients. Meaning of Gradients. Synonyms of Gradients

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Definition of Gradients

Gradient
Gradient Gra"di*ent, n. 1. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade. 2. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade. 3. The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
Gradient
Gradient Gra"di*ent, a. [L. gradiens, p. pr. of gradi to step, to go. See Grade.] 1. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. --Wilkins. 2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad. 3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

Meaning of Gradients from wikipedia

- In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function f {\displaystyle f} of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued...
- Consequently, the gradients of earlier weights will be exponentially smaller than the gradients of later weights. This difference in gradient magnitude might...
- wells, and more specifically within hydrostatics, pressure gradients refer to the gradient of vertical pressure in a column of fluid within a wellbore...
- gradient is a vector quantity with dimension of temperature difference per unit length. The SI unit is kelvin per meter (K/m). Temperature gradients in...
- Redox gradients are commonly found in the environment as functions of both space and time, particularly in soils and aquatic environments. Gradients are...
- electrochemical gradients allow cells to control the direction ions move across membranes. In mitochondria and chloroplasts, proton gradients generate a chemiosmotic...
- Gradient descent is a method for unconstrained mathematical optimization. It is a first-order iterative algorithm for minimizing a differentiable multivariate...
- Histograms of Oriented Gradients" (PDF). "Fast Human Detection Using a Cascade of Histograms of Oriented Gradients" (PDF). "Gradient Field Descriptor for...
- [citation needed] Both CSS and SVG support radial gradients. Conic or conical gradients are gradients with color transitions rotated around a center point...
- perpendicular to the gradient direction. One example of an edge detection algorithm that uses gradients is the Canny edge detector. Image gradients can also be...