Environmental lapse rate is a meteorological term.

Adiabatic lapse rates are meteorologocal terms.

Standard lapse rates are an invention of engineers to enable them to
compare aircraft performance.




On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:40:05 -0700, "Al G"
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Why dies everyone think that the standard lapse rate is a
meteorological term?

It's not.


You think it is a cooking term?
Maybe medical, as in "I let my medical lapse".

Al G