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CONDENSED MOISTURE [4 records]

Record 1 2010-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Temperature that an air parcel would have after experiencing dry adiabatic expansion until saturated, pseudoadiabatic expansion until all the moisture is condensed and dry adiabatic compression to the initial pressure.

OBS

This is the equivalent temperature as read from a thermodynamic chart and is always greater than the isobaric equivalent temperature ...

Key term(s)
  • pseudo-equivalent temperature
  • pseudo equivalent temperature

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Température qu'aurait une particule d'air à la suite d'une détente adiabatique sèche jusqu'à saturation, d'une détente pseudo-adiabatique jusqu'à condensation de toute l'humidité, et d'une compression adiabatique sèche jusqu'à la pression initiale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Temperatura que tendría una partícula de aire después de una expansión adiabática seca hasta saturarse, seguida por una expansión pseudoadiabática, hasta precipitar toda la humedad, seguida por una compresión adiabática seca hasta alcanzar la presión inicial.

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Record 2 1999-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

All clouds, from the puffy cumulus to the wispy cirrus, is a portion of air that has condensed into visible moisture. Cooling of such a portion of air to its dew point is by far the main reason for cloud formation. The main cause for the cooling lies in some process which causes air to rise or be forced upward. Large warm air masses may slide up the slope of a colder heavier mass of air. As the warmer air overrides the cooler, the warm air expands and is cooled itself by the expansion of air molecules, thus finally reaching a dew-point temperature resulting in widespread cloudiness. All clouds consist of minute water droplets, ice crystals, or a combination of both.

OBS

The term "cloud formation", in cloud physics, can also mean "a particular arrangement of cloud, a striking development of a cloud".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Notions sur la formation des nuages. S'il est suffisamment refroidi, l'air chargé de vapeur d'eau devient saturé; un refroidissement plus poussé peut en provoquer la condensation sur des corpuscules d'impuretés en suspension dans l'atmosphère (noyaux de condensation), entraînant ainsi la formation des gouttelettes d'eau qui constituent les nuages.

OBS

Ne pas confondre la «formation des nuages» avec la «formation nuageuse», deux notions qui incidemment se rendent par le même terme en anglais «cloud formation».

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

action from condensed moisture or drip 19

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

L'action de l'eau de condensation et des projections d'eau B.V.-S.V.18 5-75

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

the moisture is condensed in passing through [a coalescer bag fitted over a steel liner] and the resultant water droplets accumulate in a collector sump in the bottom of the water separator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

le collecteur est une enveloppe cylindrique, perforée, qui divise l'enveloppe de sortie en chambres interne et externe.

Spanish

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