The phrase "a less steep gradient" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the slope or incline of a surface, often in mathematical, geographical, or physical contexts.
Example: "The new road design features a less steep gradient, making it easier for vehicles to navigate."
Alternatives: "a gentler slope" or "a milder incline."
In addition, the NSCM covariance estimator shows better performance than the FP one and a less steep gradient.
The narrow (0.5 mm width) bridge produces a steep linear gradient and the wide (1.0 mm) bridge a less steep gradient, but both are stable through 24 hours.
The curve of the ITS-OTUs was characterized by a less steep gradient, with 41 OTUs (20%) shared between any two countries, and 26 OTUs (13%) shared among multiple countries.
A similar, but less steep gradient was seen for men.
Perishable crops (vegetables and dairy products) will possess steep gradients while less perishable crops (grains) will possess less steep gradients.
Llobera and Sluckin [14] have shown that the formation of trails with zigzag patterns corresponds to an optimization strategy that involves not only the minimization of energy (by passing from less steep gradients) but also the direction of pedestrian movement.
In some, however (cancer of the colon in men, cancer of the stomach, colon and rectum in women), the observations fall closer to lines with less steep gradients.
In addition, a simple model showed that under the gBGC hypothesis, strong 5′-3′ recombinandon and gBGC gradients could generate GC content bimodality (short monoexonic genes being GC-rich, longer genes being GC-poor), whereas less steep gradients could lead to unimodal distribution (Glémin et al. 2014).
Cyclone separators with an optimized geometry show less steep velocity gradients increasing the coalescence rates and improving the separation efficiency.
The gradient of this relationship was less steep than the gradient of the relationship between (S 2 - S 1 ) and S 1 (equation (3)), and the regression was non-significant, which could be expected according to equation (4).
