adiabatic process

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adiabatic process - (thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat

thermodynamics - the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy

natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

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