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adiabatic

/ˌeɪ.dɪəˈbæt.ɪk/

adiabatic adjective: without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).

adiabatic: without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation)
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Adjective

adiabatic (not comparable)

  1. Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
    • 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.1871, James Clerk Maxwell, Theory of Heat, page 129
    • Talk of dynamic compression and adiabatic gradients didn't carry as much weight as the certainty of its conscious intent.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 737
    Antonyms:
    diabatic
  2. (quantum mechanics) Involving the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.
    • In this section we examine the limiting cases when T is very small (sudden change) and very large (adiabatic change).1961, Albert Messiah, Quantum Mechanics, volume II, page 740
    Antonyms:
    nonadiabatic

Noun

adiabatic (plural adiabatics)

  1. An adiabatic curve or graph

adiabatic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

adiabatic in Hindi

occurring without gain or loss of heat
रुद्धोष्म ruddhoṣma

adiabatic in Tamil

வெப்பஞ்செல்லாநிலைக்குரிய, வெப்பப்பரிமாற்றமில்லா மாறாவெப்ப, வெப்பமாறா, வெப்பம் மாறா, மாறா வெப்ப நிலை சார்ந்த, வெப்பம் புகாத

adiabatic in Malayalam

താപബദ്ധമായ, താപകൈമാറ്റം ചെയ്യപ്പെടാത്ത

adiabatic in Kannada

ಸರಿಗಾವಿನ, ಕಾವಾರದ, ಕಾವಿಳಿಯದ, ಕಾವುಕಳೆಯದ, ಕಾವುಮಾರ್ಪದ, ಸ್ಥಿರೋಷ್ಣ
More languagesFewer languages
adiabatic in Tagalog
kakaintan
adiabatic in Persian
آدیاباتیک âdiyâbâtik, بیدررو bi-dar-row
adiabatic in Vietnamese
đoạn nhiệt

Antonyms of adiabatic

Forms of adiabatic

pluraladiabatics

Origin of adiabatic

19th-century coinage (introduced by W. J. M. Rankine in the 1860s) based on Ancient Greek ἀδιάβατος (adiábatos, “impassable”), used of terrain (rivers, forests) by Xenophon, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + διά (diá, “through”) + βατός (batós, “passable”), from βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).

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Questions about adiabatic

What does adiabatic mean?
Adiabatic means without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
What is adiabatic in Hindi?
Adiabatic in Hindi is रुद्धोष्म (ruddhoṣma). See Adiabatic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is adiabatic?
Adiabatic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce adiabatic?
Adiabatic is pronounced /ˌeɪ.dɪəˈbæt.ɪk/.

Words near adiabatic in the dictionary

  1. Adi Granth
  2. Adi-Buddha
  3. adi-guru
  4. adi-gurus
  5. adiabat
  6. adiabatic
  7. adiabatic cooling
  8. adiabatic lapse rate
  9. adiabatic lapse rates
  10. adiabatic wall
  11. adiabatic walls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adiabatic (page history and authors); adiabatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adiabatic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adiabatic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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