Meteorol. The rate of decrease of temperature with vertical height above the earth.
Most often used phrases:
adiabatic lapse rate
environmental lapse rate
temperature lapse rate
atmospheric lapse rate
thrust lapse rate
ambient lapse rate
lapse rate varies
greater lapse rate
high lapse rate
lapse rate elr
required lapse rate
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