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Adiabatic : adj : occurring without loss or gain of heat; "adiabatic
expansion" [ant: diabatic]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Adiabatic : \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? not passable; 'a priv. _ ?
through _ ? to go.] (Physics)
Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly,
adv.
Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the
variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it
expands without either receiving or giving out heat.
--Rankine.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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