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The 34 pages that link to Adiabatic process, each with the reason it gives.

• Rain shadowNarrower topic: Rising air cools through expansion, while descending air warms through compression.

• First law of thermodynamicsBroader topic: With heat transfer excluded, work alone changes internal energy.

• Orographic precipitationRelated: Rising air expands and cools approximately adiabatically as pressure decreases.

• Specific heat capacityCompared with: It can change temperature through work even when no heat is supplied.

• Orographic liftRelated: As air rises over terrain, lower pressure makes it expand and cool without exchanging much heat.

• Carnot cycleRelated: The connecting legs change temperature without transferring heat to the surroundings.

• CalorimetryCompared with: Calorimeters aim to limit environmental heat exchange, unlike an ideal adiabatic boundary.

• Ideal gasRelated: For an ideal gas, its pressure and volume follow a characteristic relation.

• Atmospheric convectionRelated: Rising parcels expand and cool, while descending parcels compress and warm.

• Mach numberRelated: Small sound waves are approximately adiabatic, shaping the sound-speed relation in gases.

• Thermodynamic cycleRelated: Adiabatic legs connect heat-exchange stages in many idealized cycles.

• Isothermal processCompared with: Unlike an isothermal process, an adiabatic change generally alters temperature.

• Sound speedRelated: Rapid gas sound waves compress air nearly adiabatically, affecting its effective stiffness.

• Work (thermodynamics)Compared with: An adiabatic change can still involve work, so zero heat does not mean zero energy transfer.

• Otto cycleRelated: Adiabatic compression and expansion are central assumptions of the ideal cycle.

• Atmospheric stabilityNarrower topic: Rising and sinking parcels often change temperature approximately adiabatically.

• Decompression meltingRelated: Mantle rock can rise and cool slightly while pressure falls, without gaining heat.

• Gas giantRelated: Rising and sinking gas often changes temperature approximately adiabatically.

• Thermodynamic processBroader topic: Its temperature can change through work even without heat transfer.

• Lifting condensation levelRelated: Rising air cools mainly through expansion without exchanging much heat with its surroundings.

• Bulk modulusCompared with: An adiabatic bulk modulus applies when compression is too rapid for heat exchange.

• Isolated systemCompared with: Adiabatic conditions forbid heat flow, but do not by themselves forbid work or matter transfer.

• Caloric theoryRelated: Adiabatic compression raised temperature, a result later explained without caloric transfer.

• Compressed-air energy storageRelated: Adiabatic designs retain compression heat and reuse it during expansion.

• Gay-Lussac's law (gas pressure)Compared with: An adiabatic compression can change temperature and pressure together without the law's fixed-volume condition.

• Quasistatic processBroader topic: A quasistatic adiabatic path relates pressure, volume, and temperature through equilibrium states.

• Isentropic processRelated: For a closed system, an isentropic process must be adiabatic.

• ThermochemistryCompared with: It separates heat transfer from temperature change caused by work or reaction.

• Foehn windNarrower topic: Descending air warms through compression without needing heat from the ground.

• Exothermic processCompared with: An adiabatic process is neither exothermic nor endothermic by heat transfer.

• Carnot heat engineRelated: The cycle connects its hot and cold isothermal steps without heat transfer.

• Cloud (meteorology)Related: Rising air expands and cools, helping it reach saturation.

• Nicolas Léonard Sadi CarnotRelated: The other two stages of Carnot’s cycle transfer no heat.

• Vertical draftRelated: Rising and sinking air changes temperature as it expands or compresses.