English Explanatory Dictionary

adiabat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The curve on a graph of pressure and temperature which gives the adiabatic heating or cooling of a gas.

Word forms

adiabat adiabats

Etymology

Back-formation from adiabatic.

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