temperature gradient

temperature gradient
noun
change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude) (Freq. 3)
Hypernyms: ↑gradient

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noun
: the rate of change of temperature with displacement in a given direction (as with increase of height) — compare lapse rate

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Meteorol.
rate of change of temperature with distance.

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temperature gradient,
the rate of change in temperature: »

Though an intriguing possibility the use of temperature gradients in the oceans does not appear to be an important source of useful power (J. J. William Brown).


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