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Complete Definition of "geopotential"

English

Etymology
ge- + potential

Noun
geopotential

  1. (Meteorology). 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.

See also
geostrophic wind
geostrophic wind level
gradient wind

Category:Weather

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