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41lapse in conduct — index delinquency (failure of duty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
42lapse rate — lapse′ rate n. mer the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location • Etymology: 1915–20 …
43lapse rate — n. the rate of decrease of an atmospheric variable, usually temperate, with increase of altitude …
44Lapse rate — The lapse rate is defined as the rate of decrease with height for an atmospheric variable. The variable involved is temperature unless specified otherwise.[1][2] The terminology arises from the word lapse in the sense of a decrease or decline;… …
45lapse rate — Meteorol. the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location. [1915 20] * * * ▪ meteorology rate of change in temperature observed while moving upward through the Earth s atmosphere …
46lapse rate — The rate of decrease of an atmospheric variable with height. However, the term normally refers to the fall of temperature with height. The three types of lapse rates referred to in meteorology are dry adiabatic lapse rate, saturated adiabatic… …
47lapse into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms lapse into : present tense I/you/we/they lapse into he/she/it lapses into present participle lapsing into past tense lapsed into past participle lapsed into a) lapse into something to gradually change to a… …
48lapse rates — the rates at which air temperature decreases with altitude. Three types: environmental lapse rate (ELR) Dry adiabatic lapse rate (DALR) Saturated adiabatic lapse rate (SALR) …
49lapse into sth — UK US lapse into sth Phrasal Verb with lapse({{}}/læps/ verb [I] ► to gradually get into a worse state or condition: »It seems likely that some of these countries will lapse into economic and political chaos. »The finance minister dismissed… …
50lapse rate — noun : the rate of change of any meteorological element with increase of height; specifically : the rate of decrease of temperature with increase of height called also vertical gradient * * * Meteorol. the rate of decrease of atmospheric… …
