ADIABATIC GRADIENT


Meaning of ADIABATIC GRADIENT in English

noun

: the rate at which the temperature of an ascending or descending body of air is changed by adiabatic expansion or compression, being about 1.6° F. for each 300 feet of change of height ; also : a curve representing this

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