Definition of adiabatic
: occurring without loss or gain of heat adiabatic expansion of a gas
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Origin and Etymology of adiabatic
Greek adiabatos impassable, from a- + diabatos passable, from diabainein to go across, from dia- + bainein to go — more at come
First Known Use: 1870
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