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ADIABATIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adiabatic mean?
• ADIABATIC (adjective)
The adjective ADIABATIC has 1 sense:
1. occurring without loss or gain of heat
Familiarity information: ADIABATIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring without loss or gain of heat
Context example:
adiabatic expansion
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Antonym:
diabatic (involving a transfer of heat)
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