Is Adiabatically a Word?

ad·i·a·bat·ic
adj. Of, relating to, or being a reversible thermodynamic process that occurs without gain or loss of heat and without a change in entropy.

What does the word Adiabatically mean?

: occurring without loss or gain of heat adiabatic expansion of a gas.

How do you spell adiabatic?

Adiabatic, ad-i-a-bat′ik, adj. (physics) neither losing nor gaining heat: impassable to heat.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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