gradient [ˈɡreɪdɪənt]
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (incline)
a. la pendiente
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Today, in my geometry class, we learned how to find the gradient of a line.Hoy, in mi clase de geometría, aprendimos la forma de encontrar la pendiente de una línea.
b. el gradiente
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Does everybody feel comfortable hiking this mountain? It has a 25% gradient.¿Todos se sienten seguros escalando esta montaña? Tiene un gradiente de 25%.
c. la cuesta
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The road to my grandma's house has a positive gradient the entire way.Toda la calle que va hacia la casa de mi abuela es cuesta arriba.
gradient
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (of slope)
a. la pendiente
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
a gradient of 1 in 4, a 1 in 4 gradientuna pendiente del 25 por ciento
2. (of temperature)
a. la gradiente m, curva de temperaturas
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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