Pressure-gradient
noun, Meteorology.
1.
the change in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance in the direction in which pressure changes most rapidly.
pressure gradient
noun
1.
the change of pressure per unit distance See adverse pressure gradient, favourable pressure gradient
2.
(meteorol) the decrease in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance, shown on a synoptic chart by the spacing of the isobars
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