adiabatic
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ad·i·a·bat·ic
(ăd'ē-ə-băt'ĭk, ā'dī-ə-) 
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a reversible thermodynamic process that occurs without gain or loss of heat and without a change in entropy.
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a reversible thermodynamic process that occurs without gain or loss of heat and without a change in entropy.
[From Greek adiabatos, impassable : a-, not; see a-1 + diabatos, passable (dia-, dia- + batos, passable , from bainein, to go).]
adiabatically ad'i·a·bat'i·cal·ly adv.
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Occurring without the gain or loss of heat.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Aviation:
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adiabatic
Thermally insulated or self-contained (i.e., without heat entering or leaving the body).
Examples of adiabatic heating and cooling when a piston moves up and down in a cylinder.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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adiabatic
describing any thermodynamic process that occurs with neither gain nor loss of heat between the system and its surroundings.
—adiabatically adv.
| adhesion molecules, adhesion, adherens junction | |
| adiabatic calorimeter, adiabatic system, adipo-Q |
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categories related to 'adiabatic'
- Physical Properties and Changes - adiabatic: (adj) designating process in which no energy is transferred between a system and its surroundings
- Chemical Properties and Reactions - adiabatic: (adj) designating a process in which no energy is transferred between a system and its surroundings
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