The term adiabatic variation is used when the heat exchange is internal to the air mass.
An adiabatic cooling happens under the effect of an uplift: a dry adiabatic expansion takes place which cools the air mass, leading to saturation and then condensation.
Status:: #wiki/notes/germinating
Plantations:: Meteorology, Fluid Mechanics - 20230221102456
References:: Le Manuel de Pilotage d'Avion