Look up: adiabatic

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   Adiabatic
   Changes in temperature caused by the expansion (cooling) or compression (warming) of a body of air as it rises or descends in the atmosphere, with no exchange of heat with the surrounding air.
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   adiabatic
   [adj] - (physics) occurring without loss or gain of heat
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   adiabatic
   this is a way to conduct a process. Other ways are isothermal or isobaric and so on. A process is said to be adiabatic, if the system does not exchange heat with the surroundings during the process
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   Adiabatic
   A chemical or mechanical process which takes place without heat entering or leaving the system. The term is only applicable to enclosed and isolated systems - so in essence is idealistic and purely theoretical and is important in the study of thermodynamics.
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   adiabatic
   adiabatic process; isentropic process. A process that neither absorbs nor releases energy into the surroundings. For example, a chemical reaction taking place in a closed thermos bottle can be considered adiabatic. Very fast processes can often be considered adiabatic with respect to heat exchange with the surroundings, because heat exchange is not...
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   Adiabatic
   A chemical or mechanical process which takes place without heat entering or leaving the system. The term is only applicable to enclosed and isolated systems - so in essence is idealistic and purely theoretical and is important in the study of thermodynami
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   adiabatic
   of the changes in the pressure,temperature and volume of an air mass that is neither losing nor receiving heat during such changes Category: The cosmos • A reaction that occurs without the gain or loss of heat by the system involved Category: Management in the public and private sector • indicates a process such that no heat is exchanged between the surroundings and the sub...
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   Adiabatic
   Ad`i·a·bat'ic adjective [ Greek ... not passable; 'a priv. + ... through + ... to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly , adverb Adiabatic line or curve , a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. R ...
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   adiabatic
   <radiobiology> Not involving an exchange of heat between the system said to be adiabatic and the rest of the universe. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    adiabatic
    adjective occurring without loss or gain of heat; `adiabatic expansion`
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    Adiabatic
    `Adiabatic` may refer to: *In thermodynamics, :*Adiabatic process :*Adiabatic index *In quantum mechanics, :*Adiabatic process :*Adiabatic theorem *In electronics. :*Adiabatic Logic :*Adiabatic circuits *Born-Oppenheimer approximation, in quantum chemistry *Adiabatic lapse rate, in meteorology, referred to also as adiabatic cooling.
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    Adiabatic
    • (a.) Not giving out or receiving heat.
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    adiabatic
    adiabatic In thermodynamics, describing a process in which there is no transfer of heat into or out of the system in question; without loss or gain of heat.
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    adiabatic
    Referring to a thermodynamic process in which there is no gain or loss of heat between the system and its surroundings. [G. adiabatos, impassable, fr. a priv. + diabain, to go through]
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    Adiabatic
    No heat transfer with the environment.
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    Adiabatic
    A process in which heat does not enter or leave a system. In the atmospheric sciences, adiabatic processes are often used to model internal energy changes in rising and descending parcels of air in the atmosphere. When a parcel of air rises in expands because of a reduction in pressure. If no other non-adiabatic processes occur (like condensation,...
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    Adiabatic
    No heat transfer with the environment.
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    Adiabatic
    Without loss or gain of heat to a system. An adiabatic change is a change in volume and pressure of a parcel of gas without an exchange of heat between the parcel and its surroundings. In reference to a steam turbine, the adiabatic efficiency is the ratio of the work done per pound of steam, to the heat energy released and theoretically capable of...
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    adiabatic
    Without loss or gain of heat to a system. An adiabatic change is a change in volume and pressure of a parcel of gas without an exchange of heat between the parcel and its surroundings. In reference to a steam turbine, the adiabatic efficiency is the ratio of the work done per unit mass of steam, to ...
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