temperature gradient

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. rate of change of temperature with distance.

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temperature gradient British  

noun

1. the rate of change in temperature in a given direction, esp in altitude

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temperature gradient Scientific  

1. The rate of change of temperature with displacement in a given direction from a given reference point.

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Example Sentences

The solar high-latitude oscillations are driven by a temperature gradient in a similar way to extratropical cyclones on the Earth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Arctic warming has further sharpened the temperature gradient between these different zones.

From Scientific American • Oct. 23, 2023

“The greater the temperature gradient, the stronger the storm systems are,” Gensini said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023

As the environmental temperature goes up, the temperature gradient between the environment and you goes down.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2022

The temperature gradient from the surface downwards appeared to give some indication of the depth of ice submerged in the glacier-tongue alongside which we were lying.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir