Adiabatic

Quick meaning: Adiabatic is an adjective meaning (physics, thermodynamics, of a process) Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).

Meaning

(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).

More Meanings

1. (physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) Involving the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.
2. An adiabatic curve or graph

Example Sentences

New 2.4 GWh adiabatic compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant now operational in in ^([sic]) Jiangsu province.

In this section we examine the limiting cases when T is very small (sudden change) and very large (adiabatic change).

Talk of dynamic compression and adiabatic gradients didn't carry as much weight as the certainty of its conscious intent.

The line drawn on the indicator diagram in the latter case has been named by Professor Rankine an Adiabatic line, because it is defined by the condition that heat is not allowed to pass through (διαβαίνειν) the vessel which confines the substance.

Word Forms

• adiabatics

Antonyms for adiabatic

Common opposites include diabatic, nonadiabatic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lapse, isentropic, nonconducting, nonconductive, insulated, heatproof.

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