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单词 pressure gradient
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pressure gradient


noun Meteorology.

the change in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance in the direction in which pressure changes most rapidly.
Also called barometric gradient.

Origin of pressure gradient

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby pressure gradient

pressure drag, pressure dressing, pressure epiphysis, pressure flaking, pressure gauge, pressure gradient, pressure group, pressure head, pressure hull, pressure ice, pressure paralysis
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British Dictionary definitions for pressure gradient

pressure gradient

noun

the change of pressure per unit distanceSee adverse pressure gradient, favourable pressure gradient
meteorol the decrease in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance, shown on a synoptic chart by the spacing of the isobars
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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