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Definition
the slope of a hill; or (more rarely) any value relative to another
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a change (measured in specific units) of some physical quantity or its rate of change
or:
a change (measured in specific units) of some physical quantity or its rate of change
- Close on the rear of this came a couple of cabs, the forerunners of a long procession of flying vehicles, going for the most part to Chalk Farm station, where the North-Western special trains were loading up, instead of coming down the gradient into Euston.1.14 — Book 1 Chapter 14 — In London (82% in)
There are no more uses of "gradient" in The War of the Worlds.
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