temperature gradient

noun

, Meteorology.

1. rate of change of temperature with distance.

temperature gradient

noun

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

temperature gradient

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

Example Sentences

The almost 24-mile Rim-to-Rim route will carry you through a stunning temperature gradient—it’s not uncommon to have feet of snow stacked on the canyon rim and balmy 50-degree temps at the canyon bottom.

From Outside Online

However, he says, the temperature gradients caused by laser heating introduce a good deal of uncertainty.

From Popular-Science

Local convection is influenced by carbon dioxide because this gas lessens the temperature gradient.

From Project Gutenberg

They were piercing the thermosphere where the outside temperature gradient would zoom upward toward the 2,000 degree mark.

From Project Gutenberg

What you want to find is this: What is the rate of temperature decrease, or the temperature gradient, at Buffalo?

From Project Gutenberg

Note carefully any effects of the cyclone upon the temperature gradient.

From Project Gutenberg

The rate of vertical decrease of temperature is known in meteorology as the vertical temperature gradient.

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