adiabatic lapse rate
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[edit]Noun
[edit]adiabatic lapse rate (plural adiabatic lapse rates)
- (meteorology) The rate of decrease of temperature with height of a parcel of dry air lifted upward through the atmosphere with no addition or deletion of heat.
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