Definition of Temperature gradient

1. Noun. Change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude).

Generic synonyms: Gradient

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temperature Gradient

temperate rain forest
temperate rainforest
temperate virus
temperate zone
temperate zones
temperately
temperateness
temperatenesses
temperative
temperature
temperature-compensated vaporiser
temperature-sensitive mutant
temperature change
temperature coefficient
temperature coefficients
temperature gradient (current term)
temperature inversion
temperature midpoint
temperature reduction
temperature scale
temperature sense
temperature sensitive mutation
temperature spot
temperature unit
temperatures
temperaunce
tempered
temperer
temperers
tempering

Literary usage of Temperature gradient

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"temperature gradient in Flames. H. Mache. (Akad. Wiss. Wien, Sitzb. ... Thisis a physical investigation of the temperature gradient in a homogeneous burning ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"The effect of a slight change in the transmissive coefficient of the atmosphere, in altering the equator-poleward temperature-gradient, is very great. ..."

3. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The average value of the vertical temperature gradient The average for all ... In order to understand the change in the vertical temperature gradient The ..."

4. Meteorology: A Text Book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The average value of the vertical temperature gradient The average for all times ... In order to understand the change in the vertical temperature gradient ..."

5. The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as Conditioned by Climatic Factors by Forrest Shreve (1915)
"DEPARTURES FROM THE NORMAL temperature gradient DUE TO COLD-AIR DRAINAGE. The ideal conditions of uniform decrease of temperature with increase of altitude ..."

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