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gradient

[grey-dee-uhnt] / ˈgreɪ di ənt /


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When the researchers repeated the simulations without maintaining the large-scale velocity gradient, the organized magnetic structures never formed.

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

"We picked particular areas to enable us to see a gradient of high nutrients to low nutrients," said Dr Richard Unsworth from Swansea University, adding that the team's findings were "stark".

From BBC May 2, 2026

Whether rounded for elegance, cat-eye for chicness or with a gradient lens for a dreaminess, sunnies finish a look.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

“Time to recalibrate my gradient on the big picture,” one co-founder wrote to announce his last day.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

The proteins create a gradient within the egg.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The team suspected these gradients could play a major role in shaping magnetic fields.

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

The coffers have their own rhythm; indirect lighting turns the hollows into shadow gradients.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Weak offshore gradients that bring warm desert air to the coast add to the heat, said Robbie Monroe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

And "part of the novelty of this work is functional gradients exist everywhere in biology," the researcher said.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

In English, they would be free of the sharply defined gradients of Korean hierarchy: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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