pressure gradient
pressure gradient
Definition
pressure gradient
noun
the rate of decrease in barometric pressure in a given region at a particular time
pressure gradient
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- create: Others factors create pressure gradients that cause water to try to flow from high pressure to low pressure.
Preposition: in
- pipe: As heat is directed into the device, the fluid is vaporized creating a pressure gradient in the pipe.
Adjective modifier
- local: K + ) created local osmotic pressure gradients which could only be abolished by conversion of LDW to high density water ( HDW ).
- steep: Weather in strong or steep pressure gradients is normally subject to sudden changes with varying wind force and direction.
- slack: Pressure was 1008 mb still within a slack pressure gradient keeping winds light through the day.
- negative: Any density gradients result in net negative pressure gradients which act on positive matter to produce negative buoyancy forces.
- net: Any density gradients result in net negative pressure gradients which act on positive matter to produce negative buoyancy forces.
Noun used with modifier
- pore: The rates of pore fluid flow are related to the pore pressure gradient through Darcy's Law.
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