(1):
(a.) Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
(2):
(a.) Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
(3):
(n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
(4):
(n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
(5):
(n.) The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
(6):
(a.) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.