adiabatic system
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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adiabatic system
(in thermodynamics) any geometrically defined volume that does not exchange thermal energy with its surroundings. Compare closed system, open system.
| adiabatic calorimeter, adiabatic, adhesion molecules | |
| adipo-Q, adipocyte, adipogenesis |
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