(Physique) (transformation) sans échange de chaleur avec l'extérieur.
ETYM Greek, not passable; a priv. + dia through + bainein to go.
Without transference of heat.
Without losing or gaining heat. adiabatic gradient, rate of change in temperature of rising or falling air.
In physics, a process that occurs without loss or gain of heat, especially the expansion or contraction of a gas in which a change takes place in the pressure or volume, although no heat is allowed to enter or leave.
(Physics) Occurring without loss or gain of heat.