gradient wind
[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /
noun
a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
Compare
geostrophic wind.
Origin of gradient wind
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby gradient wind
gradely,
grademark,
grader,
gradient,
gradient post,
gradient wind,
gradienter,
gradin,
gradiometer,
gradual,
gradualism