adiabatic

(ad′ē ə bat′ik, ad′ī ə-)

adjective

Physics of a process that occurs without loss or gain of heat

Origin: < Gr adiabatos, not to be passed < a-, not + dia, through + bainein, to go: see come

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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.

Origin:

Origin: From Greek adiabatos, impassable

Origin: : a-, not; see a-¹

Origin: + diabatos, passable (dia-, dia- + batos, passable from bainein, to go; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots)

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