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gradient winds

gradient winds is the plural of gradient wind.

Meaning of gradient wind

Noun

gradient wind (plural gradient winds)

  1. A horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at or above 2,500 feet (762 meters).

Questions about gradient winds

What is gradient winds the plural of?
Gradient winds is the plural of gradient wind.

Words near gradient winds in the dictionary

  1. gradient
  2. gradient descent
  3. gradient post
  4. gradient posts
  5. gradient wind
  6. gradient winds
  7. gradienter
  8. gradienters
  9. gradientless
  10. gradientlessness
  11. gradiently

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