Definition of Diabatic

1. Adjective. Involving a transfer of heat. "A diabatic process"

Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Antonyms: Adiabatic

Definition of Diabatic

1. Adjective. (physics) describing a process that involves the gain or loss of heat, and a change in entropy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diabatic

dhyana
di(2-chloroethyl)sulfide
di-
di-amelia
di-iodotyrosine
di-pimethane rearrangement
di di mau
di ex machina
di ex machinis
dia-
diabase
diabases
diabasic
diabaterial
diabatic (current term)
diabatically
diabatization
diabesity
diabetes
diabetes and fibre
diabetes innocens
diabetes insipidus
diabetes intermittens
diabetes mellitus
diabetes related peptide
diabetic
diabetic acidosis
diabetic amyotrophy
diabetic arthropathy

Literary usage of Diabatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bose-Einstein Condensation: An Introduction edited by Keith Burnett, Mark Edwards, Charles W. Clark (1996)
"Furthermore, of the 20 channels contributing to Eq. (3) for F = 4, p = + l, and coupled by the 20 X 20 interaction matrix Uy,y(R), only the five diabatic ..."

2. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"... of the uppermost layers of the sun. in consequence of their combustion and heating beyond the diabatic temperature corresponding to their expansion. ..."

3. The Temperature-entropy Diagram by Charles William Berry (1905)
"17 let a'V be the pv-projection of the fric- tionless a'diabatic flow ab. Let MN represent the relative variations of specific volume and velocity during ..."

4. The Steam Engine and Gas and Oil Engines: A Book for the Use of Students who by John Perry (1902)
"... represents the loss of work because the »diabatic expansion has not continued to the temperature 03. If the student's prepared sheet of paper is ..."

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