n. [物] 梯度，陡度; （溫度、氣壓等） 變化率，梯度變化曲線; <英>（道路的）傾斜度，坡度;
adj. 傾斜的; [動] 步行的，能步行的;
[例句]The courses are long and punishing, with steep gradients.
這些賽道既長又有陡坡，極具挑戰性。
[其他] 復數：gradients
電位梯度
[詞典] [電] potential gradiant;
[例句]在故障期間，電流流入地中時會在變電站內及周圍地面上形成電位梯度。
During a fault, the flow of current to earth will result in voltage gradients on the surface within and around a substation.
勢能梯度
potential gradient;
[例句]保守力與勢能梯度互為對偶矢量。
The conservative force and the gradient of the potential energy are dual vectors.