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lapse rates

lapse rates is the plural of lapse rate.

Meaning of lapse rate

Noun

lapse rate (plural lapse rates)

  1. The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height.

Questions about lapse rates

What is lapse rates the plural of?
Lapse rates is the plural of lapse rate.

Words near lapse rates in the dictionary

  1. lapsarians
  2. lapsation
  3. lapsations
  4. lapse
  5. lapse rate
  6. lapse rates
  7. lapsed
  8. lapsedness
  9. lapser
  10. lapserate
  11. lapserates

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