Definition of Adiabatic

1. Adjective. Occurring without loss or gain of heat. "Adiabatic expansion"

Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Antonyms: Diabatic

Definition of Adiabatic

1. a. Not giving out or receiving heat.

Definition of Adiabatic

1. Adjective. (context: physics) (qualifier of a thermodynamic process) Occurring without gain or loss of heat. ¹

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Definition of Adiabatic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Adiabatic

1. Not involving an exchange of heat between the system said to be adiabatic and the rest of the universe. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adiabatic

adhortative
adhortatory
adhorted
adhorting
adhorts
adhære
adhærence
adhærent
adhærents
adhæsion
adhæsions
adhæsive
adi-guru
adi-gurus
adiabat
adiabatic (current term)
adiabatic compression
adiabatic invariant
adiabatic lapse rate
adiabatic process
adiabatic wall
adiabatically
adiabaticities
adiabaticity
adiabats
adiabolist
adiabolists
adiactinic
adiadochocinesis
adiadochokinesis

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