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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Also known as saturation-adiabatic process.) An [[adiabatic process]] for which the air is saturated and may contain liquid water.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A distinction is made between the [[reversible process]], in which total water is conserved, and the [[pseudoadiabatic process|pseudoadiabatic]] or irreversible moist adiabatic process, in which liquid water is assumed to be removed as soon as it is condensed.</div> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Also known as saturation-adiabatic process.) An [[adiabatic process]] for which the air is saturated and may contain liquid water.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A distinction is made between the [[reversible process]], in which total water is conserved, and the [[pseudoadiabatic process|pseudoadiabatic]] or irreversible moist adiabatic process, in which liquid water is assumed to be removed as soon as it is condensed.</div> </div> | ||
<div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[adiabatic process]], [[dry-adiabatic process]].</div><br/> | <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[adiabatic process]], [[dry-adiabatic process]], [[moist-adiabatic lapse rate]].</div><br/> | ||
<p>''Term edited 20 December 2019.''</p><br/> | <p>''Term edited 20 December 2019.''</p><br/> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:46, 20 December 2019
moist-adiabatic process
(Also known as saturation-adiabatic process.) An adiabatic process for which the air is saturated and may contain liquid water.
A distinction is made between the reversible process, in which total water is conserved, and the pseudoadiabatic or irreversible moist adiabatic process, in which liquid water is assumed to be removed as soon as it is condensed.
Term edited 20 December 2019.
