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adiabatic chart

noun

Definition of adiabatic chart

: a meteorological chart with coordinates usually given as pressure and temperature on which adiabats have been superposed to assist in evaluating adiabatic energy transformations in the atmosphere

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First Known Use of adiabatic chart

1930, in the meaning defined above

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