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Adiabatic
A process where temperature changes occur in a 'system', without heat being supplied to, or lost from that system. In meteorology, used in connection with changes involving air parcels moving vertically in the atmosphere. [ If heat exchange is involved, the process is non-adiabatic (or diabatic)].
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Meteorology & Weather Dictionary INDEX:
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1 2 A: Page 1 of 2.
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