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lapse rate: Meaning and Definition of

lapse' rate"

Pronunciation: [key]
— Meteorol. Meteorol.
  1. the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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