Plural of gradient
regular plural
The plural of gradient is gradients.
Forms of gradient
| Singular | gradient /ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | gradients |
| Countable | countable |
Gradients in a sentence
- Navigating gradients in high heels, she says with a giggle, is “no joke leh”.2023 March 5, Wong Kim Hoh, quoting Lynette Tan, The Straits Times, Singapore, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024. From the entry leh
- Doomers, meanwhile, are the nihilistic cousins of "Bloomers" and "Gloomers," all three gradients of the same 20-something.2020 February 3, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Misogynistic Joke that Became a Goth-meme Fairy Tale”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic…. From the entry doomer
- Sundowners take place under strong north-to-south pressure gradients between San Francisco and Los Angeles.2018 June 8, Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Fire in California's Ecosystems, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry sundowner
- Pale and medium gray bands show inferred "normal" and magmatically elevated thermal gradients, respectively.2000 March 31, Bradley R. Hacker et al., “Hot and Dry Deep Crustal Xenoliths from Tibet”, in Science, volume 287, number 5462, →DOI, pages…. From the entry magmatically
- The gradients are quite steep compared with traditional lines."2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 33. From the entry dippy
Meaning of gradient
- noun A slope or incline.
- noun A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
- noun The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent.
Questions about the plural of gradient
- What is the plural of gradient?
- The plural of gradient is gradients.
- Is gradient countable?
- Gradient is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gradient (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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