adiabatic
adjective
occurring without gain or loss of heat (opposed to diabatic).
adiabatically
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a word derived from
adiabatic.
Example Sentences
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The heat supply is stopped at a certain period, and then the fluid adiabatically expands until the temperature falls to the lowest temperature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
However, it apparently would not be precipitated because when such air descends in the center of the anti-cyclone it is warmed adiabatically, that is, by compression.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
A solution which is diluted by a reversible method is cooled like a gas which expands adiabatically.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
