geothermal gradient

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noun

the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.

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Origin of geothermal gradient

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby geothermal gradient

geotectonic, geotextile, geotherm, geothermal, geothermal energy, geothermal gradient, geothermal power, geotrichosis, geotropic, geotropism, Ge-Pano-Carib

How to use geothermal gradient in a sentence

Darren really wanted to capture the moss, and the geothermal quality of it.
‘Noah’ is a Global Warming Epic About the Battle Between Religion and Science, Says Cinematographer|Marlow Stern|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dr. Al Sabawi is chairman of MENA Geothermal, UCI, TABO, and Ahlia Insurance.
Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho, Mahmoud Abbas Has Got to Go|Maysoon Zayid|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Jewell also approved a 70-megawatt geothermal plant on federal land in Nevada.
Interior Department Announces Plans for Renewable Energy Projects on Federal Lands|Miranda Green|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I read you were filming in Iceland, which relies on a huge natural geothermal resource.
Revenge of the Electric Car|Matthew Dakotah|October 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST

And in 25 years, 15 percent of our energy in the U.S. could easily be geothermal.
Revenge of the Electric Car|Matthew Dakotah|October 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Its largest tributary, North Caney Creek, has a gradient of 15.5 feet per mile.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf
At five and a half miles the brow of the main rise was reached, and the gradient became much flatter beyond it.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Both sledges ran easily for nearly a mile over neve, when the gradient increased to one in ten, forcing us to relay.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
This ridge had a gradient of one in ten, and, unfortunately, also sloped down towards one of the open crevasses.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
This is really the driving wheel by which it slowly moves up the steep gradient.
From the Thames to the Tiber|J. Wardle