Usually means: Balanced wind curving around pressure.
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  1. gradient wind: Merriam-Webster
  2. gradient wind: Wiktionary
  3. gradient wind: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. gradient wind: Dictionary.com
  5. Gradient wind: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. gradient wind: Encyclopedia

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  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gradient wind)

noun:  (meteorology) 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).

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