diabatic
adjEtymology From Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”). Doublet of diabetic.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Thermodynamics Of a process Involving the gain or loss of heat (and thus a change in entropy).
- Antonyms
- adiabatic, counterdiabatic
- Derived terms
- diabatically, isodiabatic, nondiabatic
- Related terms
- diabetic