Definition: Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
Definition: Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination;
as, the gradient line of a railroad.
Definition: Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
Definition: The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a
road; grade.
Definition: A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a
portion of a way not level; a grade.
Definition: The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude,
or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.