Gradient — definition (Water)

Water

General slope or rate of change in vertical elevation per unit of horizontal distance of water surface of a flowing stream. Slope along a specific route, as of a road surface, channel or pipe.

Bureau of Reclamation — Bureau of Reclamation Glossary

Science

Weather

(abbrev. GRAD) A rate of change with respect to distance of a variable quantity, as temperature or pressure, in the direction of maximum change.

NOAA National Weather Service — National Weather Service Glossary

Science› Weather

Climate Change

A rate of change with respect to distance of a variable quantity, as temperature or pressure, in the direction of maximum change.

ARM Climate Research Facility — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12

Technology

Telecommunications

In graphics, especially computer graphics, that which characterizes an area in which a smooth transition between one color and another, or between black and white (i.e., contrast), takes place.

ATIS — ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007