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temperature gradient
noun
, Meteorology.
- rate of change of temperature with distance.
temperature gradient
noun
- the rate of change in temperature in a given direction, esp in altitude
temperature gradient
- The rate of change of temperature with displacement in a given direction from a given reference point.
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Local convection is influenced by carbon dioxide because this gas lessens the temperature gradient.
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They were piercing the thermosphere where the outside temperature gradient would zoom upward toward the 2,000 degree mark.
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What you want to find is this: What is the rate of temperature decrease, or the temperature gradient, at Buffalo?
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Note carefully any effects of the cyclone upon the temperature gradient.
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The rate of vertical decrease of temperature is known in meteorology as the vertical temperature gradient.
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