concentration gradient

ˌkɑːnsənˈtreɪʃən ˈɡreɪdiənt

Definition

Definition of concentration gradient - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

chemistry biology

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difference in concentration of a substance across a space

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Cells absorb nutrients due to the concentration gradient across their membranes..
The concentration gradient drives the diffusion process.
A steep concentration gradient was observed in the experiment.

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Expressions with concentration

concentration camp

place where large numbers of people are detained under harsh conditions

Many lost their lives in the concentration camp during the war..

steely concentration

very strong and determined focus on something

She faced the exam with steely concentration.

blood concentration

amount of a particular substance in a certain volume of blood

The lab report showed a high blood concentration of the medication.

market concentration

degree to which few companies hold most sales in a market

High market concentration can reduce competition and increase prices for consumers.

molar concentration

concentration measured by moles of solute per liter

We calculated the molar concentration to be 1.2 moles per liter.

concentration ratio

measure showing how much of a market top firms control

Economists calculated the four-firm concentration ratio for the airline industry.

Expressions with gradient

pressure gradient

decrease in atmospheric pressure per horizontal distance

The synoptic chart shows the pressure gradient.

temperature gradient

rate of temperature change over distance

The temperature gradient affects weather patterns.

density gradient

measure of how tightly packed matter changes across space

The density gradient in the atmosphere affects how sound travels upward.

gradient clipping

method in machine learning that limits gradient size during model training

Gradient clipping helped stabilize the neural network during training.

gradient descent

step-by-step method that changes values to reduce a function’s output

Gradient descent adjusts the model’s parameters to reduce the prediction error.

gradient loss

loss term penalizing rapid changes in neighboring values to enforce smoothness

The model used gradient loss to reduce noise in reconstructed surfaces.

gradient post

post showing the slope of a road or railway

The gradient post showed the steepness of the hill.

gravity gradient

variation in gravitational forces on a nonspherical object

The satellite's orientation is affected by the gravity gradient.

stochastic gradient descent

iterative method adjusting parameters using gradient steps on randomly chosen data samples

Stochastic gradient descent trained the neural network on millions of images.

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diffusion coefficient

physics metric

measure of how quickly material disperses under a concentration gradient

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French:gradient de concentration, ...
German:Konzentrationsgradient, ...
Italian:gradiente di concentrazione, ...
Spanish:diferencia de concentración, ...
Portuguese:gradiente de concentração, ...
Chinese:浓度梯度, ...
Japanese:濃度勾配, ...
Arabic:تَدَرُّج التَّرْكِيز, ...
Hebrew:מִדְרוֹן רִכּוּזִים, ...
Russian:градиент концентрации, ...
Ukrainian:градієнт концентрації, ...
Hindi:सांद्रता प्रवणता, ...
Bengali:ঘনত্ব ঢাল, ...
Catalan:gradient de concentració, ...
Czech:koncentrační gradient, ...
Danish:koncentrationsgradient, ...
Dutch:concentratiegradiënt, ...
Greek:βαθμίδα συγκέντρωσης, ...
Hungarian:koncentrációgradiens, ...
Khmer:ជម្រាលកំហាប់, ...
Korean:농도 기울기, ...
Persian:شیب غلظت, ...
Polish:gradient stężenia, ...
Portuguese (BR):gradiente de concentração, ...
Romanian:diferență de concentrație, ...
Swedish:koncentrationsgradient, ...
Thai:ความชันความเข้มข้น, ...
Turkish:konsantrasyon gradyanı, ...
Vietnamese:gradient nồng độ, ...

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