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downgradient

downgradient adjective: a position down along a gradient from a starting position.

Adjective

downgradient (comparative more downgradient, superlative most downgradient)

  1. A position down along a gradient from a starting position.
  2. a location that receives groundwater from another location; similar to downstream.
    • Monitoring wells are installed downgradient of a contamination source to detect a contaminant plume.

Adverb

downgradient (comparative more downgradient, superlative most downgradient)

  1. The direction along a gradient.
  2. a direction that groundwater flows toward.

Antonyms of downgradient

Forms of downgradient

Adjective
comparativemore downgradient
superlativemost downgradient
Adverb
comparativemore downgradient
superlativemost downgradient

Origin of downgradient

From down- + gradient.

Questions about downgradient

What does downgradient mean?
Downgradient means a position down along a gradient from a starting position.
What part of speech is downgradient?
Downgradient can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near downgradient in the dictionary

  1. downgradeable
  2. downgraded
  3. downgrader
  4. downgraders
  5. downgrades
  6. downgradient
  7. downgrading
  8. downgradings
  9. downgraft
  10. downgrafted
  11. downgrafting

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