Adiabatic

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveWithout gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).

2.AdjectiveInvolving the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.

3.NounAn adiabatic curve or graph

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