ADIABATIC


Meaning of ADIABATIC in English

adj. & n. Physics

adj. 1 impassable to heat. 2 occurring without heat entering or leaving the system.

n. a curve or formula for adiabatic phenomena. adiabatically adv.

[ Gk adiabatos impassable (as A-(1), diabaino pass) ]

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