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<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> | <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> | ||
<br/>''See'' [[dry-adiabatic process]], [[moist-adiabatic process]].</div><br/> | <br/>''See'' [[dry-adiabatic process]], [[moist-adiabatic process]], [[adiabatic lapse rate]].</div><br/> | ||
<p>''Term edited | <p>''Term edited 19 December 2019.''</p> | ||
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Revision as of 13:48, 20 December 2019
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, adiabatic lapse rate.
Term edited 19 December 2019.