Adiabatic lapse rate

noun

Definitions

1.nounThe 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.

Synonyms

adiabatic wall temperaturelessness draglessness atmospherelessness partial vacuum delitescence aeropause dewlessness nonevaporation death zone deliquium slackening

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