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adiabatic process

A process in which there is no exchange of heat or mass with the environment. In an adiabatic process, a change in internal energy is solely a consequence of work. For an ideal gas and most atmospheric conditions, compression results in warming, whereas expansion results in cooling.

See dry-adiabatic process, moist-adiabatic process.

Term edited 12 December 2019.

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 == adiabatic process ==
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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A process in which a system does not interact with its surroundings by virtue of  a [[temperature]] difference between them.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In an adiabatic process any change in [[internal energy]] (for a system of fixed mass) is solely a  consequence of working. For an [[ideal gas]] and for most atmospheric systems, compression results  in warming, expansion results in cooling. <br/>''See'' [[dry-adiabatic process]], [[moist-adiabatic process]].</div><br/> </div>
+<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A process in which there is no exchange of [[heat]] or mass with the [[environment]]. In an adiabatic process, a change in [[internal energy]] is solely a consequence of [[work]]. For an [[ideal gas]] and most atmospheric conditions, compression results in warming, whereas expansion results in cooling.</div>
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+<br/>''See'' [[dry-adiabatic process]], [[moist-adiabatic process]].</div><br/>
+<p>''Term edited 12 December 2019.''</p>
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