adiabatic process

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   (thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat

   Broadernatural process

   thermodynamics

Questions about adiabatic process

What does adiabatic process mean?

adiabatic process means "(thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat".

Is adiabatic process a common word?

adiabatic process is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.