"adiabatic lapse rate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: adiabatic lapse rates [plural]
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  1. (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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