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gradient post

gradient post noun: a post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, embankment, etc. at that point.

Noun

gradient post (plural gradient posts)

  1. A post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, embankment, etc. at that point.
    • Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once, Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack [funnel, chimney] had become a fierce freight-engine bark, as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 12

Forms of gradient post

pluralgradient posts

Questions about gradient post

What does gradient post mean?
Gradient post means a post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, embankment, etc. at that point.
What part of speech is gradient post?
Gradient post is a noun.
What is the plural of gradient post?
The plural of gradient post is gradient posts.

Words near gradient post in the dictionary

  1. gradians
  2. gradience
  3. gradiences
  4. gradient
  5. gradient descent
  6. gradient post
  7. gradient posts
  8. gradient wind
  9. gradient winds
  10. gradienter
  11. gradienters

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