spatial gradient

collocation in English

meaningsofspatialandgradient

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spatial
adjective
uk
/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/us
/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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gradient
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡreɪ.di.ənt/us
/ˈɡreɪ.di.ənt/
how steep a ...
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(Definition ofspatialandgradientfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Conversely, calculation of thespatialgradientof positional disparities can be applied equally well to both broadband and narrowband stimuli.
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Applying this idea to (1.2), we find that the damped speed is not as sensitive to local variations in the density as is thespatialgradientof e(u).
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Since the original sediment transport relation was obtained from experiments in uniform flows over flat beds, its application must be limited to cases where the localspatialgradientis small.
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Aspatialgradientis thought to coordinate cell size and mitotic entry in fission yeast.
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When a spermatozoon swims up aspatialgradient, the turning step is repressed.
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As no significant spatial gradients were detected for these cells at these ages, no attempt was made to define an area centralis or visual streak.
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For non-equilibrium thermodynamics, a suitable set of identifying state variables includes some macroscopic variables, for example a non-zerospatialgradientof temperature, that indicate departure from thermodynamic equilibrium.
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The gaze travels in the deep space of the scene, visually touching all the different elements in spatial gradients.
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These limitations notwithstanding, the results suggest that in the cytoplasm below the region of interest, calcium is in diffusional equilibrium and there are no spatial gradients.
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This is in par t due to the uniform distribution of channels along the cell membrane, and aided by the effective diffusion rates we estimated that prevent longstanding spatial gradients.
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This can be alleviated by regularization, such as penalization of states with large spatial gradients.
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Conventionally predetermined refractive index of ordinary materials become independent spatial gradients, that can be controlled at will.
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The speed at which climate is changing is derived from ratio of temporal and spatial gradients of mean annual near-surface temperature.
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