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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' adiabatic saturation temperature, adiabatic condensation  temperature, saturation temperature.) The [[temperature]] at which a [[parcel]] of moist unsaturated  air expanded [[dry-adiabatically]] reaches [[saturation]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[condensation pressure]], [[lifting condensation level]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' adiabatic saturation temperature, adiabatic condensation  temperature, saturation temperature.) The [[temperature]] at which a [[parcel]] of moist unsaturated  air expanded [[dry-adiabatically]] reaches [[saturation]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[condensation pressure]], [[lifting condensation level]].</div><br/> </div>
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(Also called adiabatic saturation temperature, adiabatic condensation temperature, saturation temperature.) The temperature at which a parcel of moist unsaturated air expanded dry-adiabatically reaches saturation.



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