adiabatic

American  

[ad-ee-uh-bat-ik, ey-dahy-uh-] / ˌæd i əˈbæt ɪk, ˌeɪ daɪ ə- /

adjective

1. occurring without gain or loss of heat (diabatic ).

   an adiabatic process.

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adiabatic British  

/ ˌeɪ-, ˌædɪəˈbætɪk /

adjective

1. (of a thermodynamic process) taking place without loss or gain of heat

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noun

1. a curve or surface on a graph representing the changes in two or more characteristics (such as pressure and volume) of a system undergoing an adiabatic process

adiabatic Scientific  

/ ăd′ē-ə-băt′ĭk /

1. Occurring without gain or loss of heat. When a gas is compressed under adiabatic conditions, its pressure increases and its temperature rises without the gain or loss of any heat. Conversely, when a gas expands under adiabatic conditions, its pressure and temperature both decrease without the gain or loss of heat. The adiabatic cooling of air as it rises in the atmosphere is the main cause of cloud formation.

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Other Word Forms

• adiabatically adverb

Etymology

Origin of adiabatic

1875–80; < Greek adiábat ( os ) incapable of being crossed ( a- a- ⁶ + dia- dia- + ba- (stem of baínein to cross) + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + -ic; diabatic

Example Sentences

However, when COPs involve constraints, conventional quantum algorithms like adiabatic quantum annealing struggle to obtain a near-optimal solution within the operation time of quantum computers.

From Science Daily

This work may be applicable to other adiabatic passage and will be useful for fast and high-fidelity quantum control.

From Science Daily

There will also be some downsloping, or air cascading from higher elevations to lower, which results in “adiabatic compression” — as air descends, it heats up and dries out.

From Washington Post

The catch is that, to avoid transferring any heat—that is, to be what physicists call an adiabatic process—the series of logical operations in the computation must usually be carried out infinitely slowly.

From Scientific American

Microsoft’s data centers currently use adiabatic cooling, which relies on outside air to cool down temperatures inside.

From The Verge