Adiabatic

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a reversible thermodynamic process that occurs without gain or loss of heat and without a change in entropy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without transference: used in thermodynamics of a change in volume, whether by expansion or contraction, unaccompanied by a gain or loss of heat.
  • noun. An adiabatic line.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not giving out or receiving heat.
  • adjective. a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat.
  • adjective. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. (of a thermodynamic process) Occurring without gain or loss of heat.
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  • adjective. occurring without loss or gain of heat
  • Word Usage
    ""… there need be no entropy generated in adiabatic processes – which occur frequently in living systems …"."
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    diabatic  
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    curve  
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