saturation adiabat

On a thermodynamic diagram, a line of constant wet-bulb potential temperatures; in practice, approximate computations are usually employed, and the resulting lines represent, ambiguously, saturation adiabats and pseudoadiabats. Also known as moist adiabat; wet adiabat.

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