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Meaning of adiabatic

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adiabatic

Pronunciation:/ˌeɪdaɪəˈbætɪk/

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).

  2. (of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.