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lapse rate
The rate of change of an atmospheric variable, usually temperature, with height. A steep lapse rate implies a rapid decrease in temperature with height (a sign of instability ) and a steepening lapse rate implies that destabilization is occurring. See
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1 A: Page 1 of 1.
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