"lapse rate" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
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          "word": "adiabatic lapse rate"
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      "glosses": [
        "The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(meteorology) The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height."
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        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
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  "word": "lapse rate"
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      "word": "adiabatic lapse rate"
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        "The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height."
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        "(meteorology) The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height."
      ],
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        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
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  "word": "lapse rate"
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