Technical Dictionary

GRADIENT, 1. a gradual approach to something, taken step by step, level by level, each step or level being, of itself, easily surmountable-so that, finally, quite complicated and difficult activities or high states of being can be achieved with relative ease. This principle is applied to both Scn processing and training. (Scn AD) 2. a steepening or an increasing from the slight to the heavy. (HCOB 3 Apr 66) 3. the essence of a gradient is just being able to do a little bit more and a little bit more and a little bit more until you finally make the grade. (Scn 0-8, p.15)

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