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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adiabatic /ˌeɪdʌɪəˈbatɪk, ˌadɪə-/

▶adjective Physics

1 denoting a process or condition in which heat does not enter or leave the system concerned.

2 impassable to heat.

– derivatives
adiabatically adverb.

– origin C19: from Gk adiabatos ‘impassable’, from a- ‘not’ + dia ‘through’ + batos ‘passable’.

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