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adiabatic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? not passable; 'a priv. + ? through + ? to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly}, adv {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. --Rankine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adiabatic adj : (physics) occurring without loss or gain of heat; "adiabatic expansion" [ant: {diabatic}]
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