Both Uses of
gradient
in
Howards End
- The air grew cooler; they had surmounted the last gradient, and Oniton lay below them with its church, its radiating houses, its castle, its river-girt peninsula.†
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- Having no urgent destiny, it strolled downhill or up as it wished, taking no trouble about the gradients, or about the view, which nevertheless expanded.†
Part 33
Definition:
a slope or gradual change in something, often measured in size, height, strength, or another quantity