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gradient

[gray-dee-uhnt] / ˈgreɪ di ənt /


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The researchers achieved this by carefully controlling the pH gradient so the chemical changes were large enough to reshape the cornea without causing excessive damage.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

“My guess is where that leads is just a lower gradient of returns from here, i.e., as earnings growth slows, the extent to which the market appreciates slows, but on net still positive,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Manchester City's new home kit uses a sky blue gradient, with a print inside the neck, which reads, "Not Your Typical City".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

A gradient of retinoic acid in the nose appears to guide neurons, helping each one activate the correct smell receptor depending on its position.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2026

The proteins create a gradient within the egg.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

In options trading, there are gradients of success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 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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