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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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adiabatic exponent


exponent k in the equation pvk = constant, representing an adiabatic change (k is the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume).

 

 





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