English Explanatory Dictionary

adiabatic lapse rate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

adiabatic lapse rate adiabatic lapse rates
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