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(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). quotations examples
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
(physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value. quotations examples
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
plural adiabatics
An adiabatic curve or graph examples