rate decrease
61lapse rate — noun Date: 1918 the adiabatic rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increasing altitude …
62instantaneous rate of mortality — The natural logarithm (with sign changed) of the survival rate. The ratio of number of deaths per unit of time to population abundance during that time, if all deceased fish were to be immediately replaced so that population does not change. Also …
63instantaneous rate of mortality — The natural logarithm (with sign changed) of the survival rate. The ratio of number of deaths per unit of time to population abundance during that time, if all deceased fish were to be immediately replaced so that population does not change. Also …
64instantaneous rate of mortality — the natural logarithm (with sign changed) of the survival rate. The ratio of number of deaths per unit of time to population abundance during that time, if all deceased fish were to be immediately replaced so that population does not change… …
65adiabatic lapse rate — noun The rate of decrease of temperature with height of a parcel of dry air lifted upward through the atmosphere with no addition or deletion of heat …
66natural decrease — in population studies, when the death rate is higher than the birth rate …
67normal lapse rate — The average rate of decrease of the temperature of normal air with the increase in height. It is equal to 3.5°F/1000 ft or 6.5°C/km …
68lapse rate — /ˈlæps reɪt/ (say laps rayt) noun the rate of decrease in an atmospheric variable, usually temperature, occurring with height …
69de|sat|u|rate — «dee SACH uh rayt», transitive verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. to decrease the saturation of (a color) …
70coefficient of decrease — the ratio of number of deaths per unit of time to population abundance during that time, if all deceased fish were to be immediately replaced so that population does not change. Also called instantaneous rate of total mortality …