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Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|ἀδιάβατος ‘impassable’, from polytonic|ἀ ‘not’ + polytonic|διά ‘through’ + polytonic|βατός ‘passable’, from polytonic|βαίνειν ‘to go’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ædɪəˈbætɪk/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ætɪk|-ætɪk

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. context|physics italbrac|of a thermodynamic process occur|Occurring without gain or loss of heat.

#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 737:
#*:Talk of dynamic compression and adiabatic gradients didn't carry as much weight as the certainty of its conscious intent.

Translations
trans-top|Occurring without gain or loss of heat.
Chinese: t|zh|絕熱的
Croatian: t-|hr|adijabatski
Finnish: t+|fi|adiabaattinen
trans-mid
German: t|de|adiabatisch
Italian: adiabatico
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Derived terms
subadiabatic
superadiabatic

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