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 Definitions of lapse rate  [æps]  

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Definition of 'lapse rate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lapse rate
the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location.

Etymology:  (1915–20)


'lapse rate' - Nearby Entries  

laparo-  lapillus  lapsang  lapse rate  lares and penates  large-print  largehearted  



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