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adiabatic lapse rates

adiabatic lapse rates is the plural of adiabatic lapse rate.

Meaning of adiabatic lapse rate

Noun

adiabatic lapse rate (plural adiabatic lapse rates)

  1. 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.

Questions about adiabatic lapse rates

What is adiabatic lapse rates the plural of?
Adiabatic lapse rates is the plural of adiabatic lapse rate.

Words near adiabatic lapse rates in the dictionary

  1. adi-gurus
  2. adiabat
  3. adiabatic
  4. adiabatic cooling
  5. adiabatic lapse rate
  6. adiabatic lapse rates
  7. adiabatic wall
  8. adiabatic walls
  9. adiabatical
  10. adiabatically
  11. adiabaticities

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