Gradient (disambiguation)

The Gradient is the rate of variation of a numerical quantity. It may refer to:

• Slope or grade, referring to the inclination of a road or other geographic features
• Image gradient, a gradual change or blending of color
  • Color gradient
  • Texture gradient

Mathematics

• Gradient, in vector calculus, a vector field representing the maximum rate of increase of a scalar field or a multivariate function and the direction of this maximal rate.
• Gradient descent
• Gradient theorem
• Gradient method
• Conjugate gradient method
• Nonlinear conjugate gradient method
• Stochastic gradient descent

Biology

• Concentration gradient, the ratio of solute concentration between two adjoining regions
• Potential gradient, the difference in electric charge between two adjoining regions

Fluid dynamics and earth science

• Density gradient
• Pressure gradient
• Temperature gradient
  • Geothermal gradient
  • Sound speed gradient
• Wind gradient

See also

• All pages beginning with "gradient"
• All pages with titles containing gradient
• Fade (disambiguation)
• Gradation (disambiguation)
• Grade (disambiguation)
• Rate of change (disambiguation)