gradient posts
gradient posts is the plural of gradient post.
Meaning of gradient post
Noun
gradient post (plural gradient posts)
- 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
Questions about gradient posts
- What is gradient posts the plural of?
- Gradient posts is the plural of gradient post.
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