| 单词 | lapse rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslapse rate lapse rate n. Meteorology the rate of fall of temperature with height; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > [noun] > rate of fall with height lapse rate1918 1918 Meteorol. Gloss. (Meteorol. Office) (new ed.) 183 Lapse,..a word suggested for use instead of gradient..to denote the loss of temperature or pressure of the atmosphere with height. So that lapse-rate, or lapse-ratio, for temperature will be the fall of temperature per kilometre of height. 1928 D. Brunt Meteorol. vi. 46 The average conditions in the troposphere are specified by a lapse-rate of 3°F. per 1,000 feet. 1957 G. J. Haltiner & F. L. Martin Dynamical & Physical Meteorol. xiii. 210 The local increase in lapse rate was due to a combination of low-level warming and high-level cooling by horizontal advection. 1972 Biol. Abstr. 54 1081/2 The lapse rate of soil temperature indicates a large value in summer and a small one in winter. < as lemmas |
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