adiabatic lapse rate

noun

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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Meanings

nounadiabatic lapse rate (plural adiabatic lapse rates)

plural adiabatic lapse rates

  1. climatologyThe 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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