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

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

• 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.