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Not giving out or receiving heat.

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  1. a. Not giving out or receiving heat.
  2. adj. occurring without loss or gain of heat
  3. Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.
  4. Not giving out or receiving heat.-- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curveexhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when itexpands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.
  5. j:100 a. occurring without loss or gain of heat