gradient
英 ['greɪdɪənt]
美 ['ɡredɪənt]
- n. [數][物] 梯度；坡度；傾斜度
- adj. 傾斜的；步行的
中文詞源
gradient 斜率，傾斜度來自grade, 級別，層級。用於科學術語。
英文詞源
- gradient (n.)
- "steep slope of a road or railroad," 1835, principally in American English, probably from grade (n.) by analogy of quotient, etc. [OED]. It was used 17c. as an adjective, of animals, "characterized by walking;" in that case it is probably from Latin gradientem, present participle of gradi "to walk."
雙語例句
- 1. The car slid down the steep gradient into the river.
- 汽車滑下陡峭的斜坡掉入河中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. This indicates a hydrodynamic condition with a very marked potentiometric gradient.
- 這說明水動力條件具有很明顯的位能梯度.
來自辭典例句
- 3. 4 gradient arrays marked A, B, C and D were set up.
- 布置了編號為A, B, C,D的四個梯度排列.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Examples of interactions are mass transfer caused by temperature gradient.
- 溫度梯度所引起的質量轉移是交叉作用的例子.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The residence gradient for lung cancer was strongest among nonsmokers.
- 肺癌的居住區梯度在不吸煙者當中最大.
來自辭典例句