Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
gradients
English translation:
gradients
French term
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Legal, Finance and Life Sciences
Native in: Bulgarian 
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les gradients appliqués peuvent aller jusqu’à 100T/s
The context is motors
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Daryo
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Proposed translations
gradients
gradient ˈɡreɪdɪənt
noun
plural noun: gradients
1. an inclined part of a road or railway; a slope.
"fail-safe brakes for use on steep gradients"
synonyms: slope, incline, hill, rise, rising ground, bank, ramp, acclivity; More
the degree of a slope.
"the path becomes very rough as the gradient increases"
synonyms: steepness, angle, slant, slope, inclination, leaning
"the gradient of the line"
MATHEMATICS
the degree of steepness of a graph at any point.
2. PHYSICS
an increase or decrease in the magnitude of a property (e.g. temperature, pressure, or concentration) observed in passing from one point or moment to another.
the rate of such a change.
MATHEMATICS
the vector formed by the operator ∇ acting on a scalar function at a given point in a scalar field
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-02-03 04:11:01 GMT)
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here the "gradient" is 100 T/s, i.e. Tesla per second, Tesla being the SI unit for the Magnetic Field Intensity so it's about some electrical equipment.
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Note added at 2 days 11 hrs (2018-02-05 11:37:40 GMT)
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les gradients appliqués peuvent aller jusqu’à 100T/s
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it is possible to apply gradients of up to 100T/s
meaning:
there are components in the electrical installation that can tolerate/sustain varying magnetic fields, as long as the rate of change is less than 100T/s
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the graduations ....
Thus "the graduations applied can go up to 100 revs/second".
Possibly also "increments" (of speed) may fit.
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Tony M
: I am far from convinced that 'gradient' ever translates as 'graduation', and I also fail to see where that would apply in a context of motors? Moreover, as Daryo says, T = tesla, never 'tour' (usually abbreviated if at all to 'tr'.
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Daryo
: besides what "T" as a SI unit is, "rotations per second" is not a gradient it's just a plain speed [of rotation].
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