geopotential

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The work that must be done at a given altitude in raising a unit mass from sea level to that altitude against the earth's gravitational field.

Word forms

geopotential geopotentials

Etymology

From geo- + potential.

Related words

geostrophic wind geostrophic wind level gradient wind

Derived words

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