absolute instability

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absolute instability [′ab·sə‚lüt ‚in·stə′bil·ə·dē]

(meteorology)

The state of a column of air in the atmosphere when it has a superadiabatic lapse rate of temperature, that is, greater than the dry-adiabatic lapse rate. Also known as autoconvective instability; mechanical instability.

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