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ad·i·a·bat·ic

(ăd′ē-ə-băt′ĭk, ā′dī-ə-)

adj.

Of, relating to, or being a reversible thermodynamic process that occurs without gain or loss of heat and without a change in entropy.

[From Greek adiabatos, impassable : a-, not; see a-¹ + diabatos, passable (dia-, dia- + batos, passable, from bainein, to go; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots).]

ad′i·a·bat′i·cal·ly adv.

adiabatically

(ˌædɪəˈbætɪkəlɪ)

adv

in an adiabetic manner

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