pressure gradient
noun Meteorology.
the change in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance in the direction in which pressure changes most rapidly.
Also called
barometric gradient.
Origin of pressure gradient
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby pressure gradient
pressure drag,
pressure dressing,
pressure epiphysis,
pressure flaking,
pressure gauge,
pressure gradient,
pressure group,
pressure head,
pressure hull,
pressure ice,
pressure paralysis
British Dictionary definitions for barometric gradient
pressure gradient
noun
the change of pressure per unit distance
See adverse pressure gradient, favourable pressure gradient
meteorol
the decrease in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance, shown on a synoptic chart by the spacing of the isobars