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adverse
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adjective
(= untoward)
contrary to your interests or welfare
adverse circumstances
made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
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adjective
(= contrary)
in an opposing direction
adverse currents
a contrary wind
gradient
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noun
a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
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noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
a five-degree gradient