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adiabatic definition
adia·batic (ad′ē ə bat′ik, ad′ī ə-)
adjective
Physics of a process that occurs without loss or gain of heat
Etymology: < Gr adiabatos, not to be passed < a-, not + dia, through + bainein, to go: see come
Related Forms:
- adiabatically ad′ia·bat′i·cally adverb
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