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81adiabatic engine — An engine which is very efficient in transferring combustion heat to those parts of the engine which are being cooled by the flow of anti freeze coolant thus maintaining an even temperature of the engine. In this way the engine is warm enough for …
82adiabatic process — noun (thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat • Topics: ↑thermodynamics • Hypernyms: ↑natural process, ↑natural action, ↑action, ↑activity …
83adiabatic lapse rate — …
84super-adiabatic/superadiabatic lapse rate — A lapse rate of air that extends to only a few feet above the ground and is much higher than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. In this situation, the rate at which the heat is absorbed by the air may be greater than the rate at which the heat can be… …
85dry adiabatic lapse rate — (DALR) the rate of fall in air temperature by adiabatic change as unsaturated air gains altitude. Approximately 1蚓 per 100m …
86saturated adiabatic lapse rate — the rate of fall in air temperature by adiabatic change as saturated air gains altitude. Varies between 4 and 9蚓 per 1000m. is slower than the DALR as latent heat is released during condensation …
87moist adiabatic rate — The rate of cooling of ascending saturated air. It is approximately 1.5°C/1000 ft but may reduce to as little as 1°C/1000 ft in the warm saturated tropical regions and may exceed 2°C/1000 ft when the temperature of the air falls below the… …
88dry adiabatic lapse rate — The rate of decrease of the temperature with the height of a parcel of dry air lifted adiabatically through the earth’s atmosphere in hydrostatic equilibrium. This lapse rate is g/cp, where g is the acceleration of gravity and cp is the specific… …
89saturated adiabatic lapse rate — The rate of cooling of ascending saturated air. It is approximately 1.5°C/1000 ft but may reduce to as little as 1°C/1000 ft in the warm saturated tropical regions. It also may exceed 2°C/1000 ft when the temperature of the air falls below the… …
90Adiabatically — Adiabatic Ad i*a*bat ic, a. [Gr. ? not passable; a priv. + ? through + ? to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. {Ad i*a*bat ic*al*ly}, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: The adiabatic expansion of carbon dioxide from a compressed… …
