adiabatic

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 285 words | Copyright

adiabatic Applied to the changes in temperature, pressure, and volume in a parcel of air that occur as a consequence of the vertical movement of the air, and without any exchange of energy with the surrounding air. See also DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE; and SATURATED ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE.

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