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Adiabatic

Adjective: Describes a process in thermodynamics where no heat is exchanged between a system and its surroundings.

Sample Sentence: The adiabatic expansion of the gas in the engine caused a drop in temperature.

Noun: A line or curve on a graph that represents the changes in temperature and pressure of a system undergoing an adiabatic process.

Sample Sentence: The adiabatic on the graph depicted the change in temperature as the system reached equilibrium.

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