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adiabatic change

The change in gas or air temperature resulting from a change in air pressure. A change in which heat is neither given out nor taken in.

Mentioned in

Magnetocaloric Effect
Magnetothermal Effects
thermodynamic principles

References in periodicals archive

In natural evaporation, hot air is blown over water causing an adiabatic change of state.

Removing the Legionella threat: Peter Robinson looks at how evaporative cooling can help remove the problems of Legionella

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