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Definition: Adiabatic line
Adiabatic
\Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? not passable; 'a priv. + ?
through + ? to go.] (Physics)
Not giving out or receiving heat. --
Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly,
adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: The adiabatic expansion of carbon dioxide from a
compressed container causes the temperature of the gas
to decrease rapidly below its freezing point, resulting
in the familiar carbon dioxide
“snow” emitted by
carbon dioxide fire extinguishers.
[PJC.]
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.
[1913 Webster]