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71lapse — A termination, particularly of a right or privilege. A forfeiture caused by one s failure to perform some necessary act. Winsor v Brown, 48 RI 200, 204, 136 A 434, 435. A policy of insurance becoming ineffective, according to the provisions of… …
72lapse rate — noun Date: 1918 the adiabatic rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increasing altitude …
73Lapse de temps — Temps Pour les articles homonymes, voir Temps (homonymie). Chronos, dieu du temps de la mythologie grecque, par Ignaz Guenther …
74lapse, doctrine of — ▪ rules of succession in Indian history, formula devised by Lord Dalhousie (Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, Marquess and 10th Earl of), governor general of India (1848–56), to deal with questions of succession to Hindu Indian states.… …
75lapse rate — noun The rate of change in atmospheric temperature with increase of height. The variable normally is temperature unless specified otherwise. This is a vertical direction of travel (up or down), and the temperature may rise or fall suddenly …
76lapse into — slip back into, sink down into …
77lapse of memory — loss of memory …
78lapse of time — period of time, stretch of time …
79lapse rate — noun the rate at which air temperature falls with increasing altitude …
80ˈlapse into sth — phrasal verb to change to a different way of speaking or behaving She often lapses into French (= starts speaking French).[/ex] …