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Polytropic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turning several times round a pole.—Polytropic function. See function.
  • Versatile; capable of adopting various expedients.
  • Noting the action of certain poisons upon more than one variety of cells or tissues.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. of any change in the thermodynamic properties of a gas in which its specific heat remains constant
  • Word Usage
    "Actual values for the polytropic exponent of air and air/fuel mixtures range from n = 1.30 .. .1.36."