Thermodynamic change of state in which no heat is added or subtracted from a system; compression always results in warming, expansion in cooling.
A process in which a system does not interact with its surroundings by virtue of a temperature difference between them. 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. See dry-adiabatic process, moist-adiabatic process.
A process which occurs with no exchange of heat between a system and its environment.
A process that takes place without a transfer of heat between the system (such as an air parcel) and its surroundings. In an adiabatic process, compression always results in warming, and expansion results in cooling. It is a thermodynamic change of state of a system such that no heat or mass is transferred across the boundaries of the system.
A thermodynamic change of state of a system such that no heat or mass is transferred across the boundaries of the system. In an adiabatic process, expansion always results in cooling, and compression in warming.
A change in temperature without heat being added or taken away... but by pressure changes as air rises or sinks.
(thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat
a process during which no heat enters or leaves the system
a process in which no heat is gained or lost inthe working fluid
a process in which no heat is transferred
a thermodynamic process where a change occurs without loss or addition of heat, as opposed to a diabatic process in which heat enters or leaves the system
A process in which there is no diabatic heating and temperature changes arise solely from expansion and contraction.
A thermodynamic change of state in a system in which there is no transfer of heat or mass across the boundaries of the system. In an adiabatic process, compression always results in warming, expansion in cooling. Compare to diabatic process.
thermodynamic change of state in a system in which there is no transfer of heat or mass across the boundaries of the system. In this process, compression will result in warming and expansion will result in cooling.
A thermodynamic process during which no heat is added to, or taken from, a substance or system.
In quantum mechanics, an adiabatic process is an infinitely slow change in the Hamiltonian of a system. Adiabatic processes are important idealizations of "sufficiently slow" processes and bear important consequences for quantum mechanics (see adiabatic theorem).
