Usage examples for gradient
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The train leapt forward, ran the gauntlet of the guns, which now filled the air with explosions, swung round the curve of the hill, ran down a steep gradient, and dashed into a huge stone which awaited it on the line at a convenient spot. – London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Winston Spencer Churchill
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Length, 2 miles; average gradient, 1 in 8; steepest gradient, 1 in 7 Dashwood Hill. – The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield