Environmental Lapse Rate

Famous quotes containing the words lapse and/or rate:

“There is something even in the lapse of time by which time recovers itself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“You are more than entitled not to know what the word ‘performative’ means. It is a new word and an ugly word, and perhaps it does not mean anything very much. But at any rate there is one thing in its favor, it is not a profound word.”
—J.L. (John Langshaw)