gradient

The edges curl toward deep purple, a gradient of both decay and flavor.

To judge by the Forum crowd on Wednesday, Deftones have never been bigger, or more definitional for what young people want out of heavy music in all its gradients.

The first thing you notice is the steep gradient of the stand - it is as steep as regulations allow, to keep the fans as close to the pitch as possible.

“There’s been quite a gradient in the amount of precipitation in California from north to south so far this year,” said Andy Reising, the manager for DWR’s snow surveys and water supply forecasting unit.

The corridor runs for several hundred feet at a steep gradient.