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gradient

[grey-dee-uhnt] / ˈgreɪ di ənt /


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When the researchers repeated the simulations without maintaining the large-scale velocity gradient, the organized magnetic structures never formed.

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

“Time to recalibrate my gradient on the big picture,” one co-founder wrote to announce his last day.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

Saturday's potentially pivotal stage finishes at the summit of Jebel Hafeet after a 10.6 km climb with an average gradient of 6.9 per cent.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

The big air structure at Milano Cortina's Livigno Snow Park has a total length of 225 metres, a peak height of 40 metres and an average gradient of 28%.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

The proteins create a gradient within the egg.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The coffers have their own rhythm; indirect lighting turns the hollows into shadow gradients.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Weak offshore gradients that bring warm desert air to the coast add to the heat, said Robbie Monroe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

The findings also show that broad ecological patterns, such as precipitation gradients and the influence of altitude, remain detectable even under extreme conditions and can be observed at the genetic level.

From Science Daily Mar. 2, 2026

And "part of the novelty of this work is functional gradients exist everywhere in biology," the researcher said.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

He droned on and on about dendrites and voltage gradients, but in my dream I couldn’t stop wondering how much of what I remembered about Jesse was truth and how much was fiction.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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