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Related to Adiabiatic: Adiabatic cooling, Adiabatic expansion, Adiabatic lapse rate, Adiabatic compression, Adiabatic heating
a·di·a·ba·tic
(ā-dē-ă-ba'tik),Referring to a thermodynamic process in which no gain or loss of heat occurs between the system and its surroundings.
[G. adiabatos, impassable, fr. a priv. + diabainō, to go through]
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Adiabatic
Referring to a thermodynamic process in which the net transfer of heat is zero.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
a·di·a·ba·tic
(ā'dē-ă-bat'ik)Referring to a thermodynamic process in which there is no gain or loss of heat between the system and its surroundings.
[G. adiabatos, impassable, fr. a priv. + diabainō, to go through]
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