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Gradient

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the degree of steepness of a slope, or a gradual change in a variable
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Stage 1 of 3
gradi
Latin · ancient
"to step, to walk"
to step, to walk
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Stage 2 of 3
gradiens
Latin · ancient
"stepping, walking"
stepping, walking, present participle of gradi
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Stage 3 of 3
gradient
English · 1800s
"the degree of steepness of a slope, or a rate of change"
settled as the English word for the degree of steepness of a slope, or a rate of change
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