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adiabatic

adia·ba·tic

UK/ˌeɪ.dɪəˈbæt.ɪk/ US/ˌæd.ɪəˈbæt.ɪk/ uncommon

adjective

1.

occurring without loss or gain of heat

  • “adiabatic expansion”
Antonyms

Origin

19th-century coinage (introduced by W. J. M. Rankine in the 1860s) based on Ancient Greek ἀδιάβατος (adiábatos, “impassable”), used of terrain (rivers, forests) by Xenophon, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + διά (diá, “through”) + βατός (batós, “passable”), from βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).

Phrases

  • adiabatic cooling
  • adiabatic lapse rate
  • adiabatic wall

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