pressure gradient
the change in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance in the direction in which pressure changes most rapidly.
Origin of pressure gradient
1- Also called barometric gradient.
Words Nearby pressure gradient
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How to use pressure gradient in a sentence
The hood forms a seal around the wearer’s neck, but the system also creates a positive pressure gradient between the inside of the hood and the outside air—meaning that air wants to flow outward from the protective gear, and not into it.
Those ‘gas masks’ at the Capitol were actually escape hoods | Rob Verger | January 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe dependence of wind velocities on the pressure gradient is a fact of great importance in meteorology.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology | Robert DeCourcy Ward
British Dictionary definitions for pressure gradient
the change of pressure per unit distance: See 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
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