adiabatic
adjective
adi·a·bat·ic
ˌa-dē-ə-ˈba-tik 
ˌā-ˌdī-ə-
: occurring without loss or gain of heat
adiabatic expansion of a gas
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Stacking them in layers could yield compact and energy-efficient adiabatic circuits, but at the moment such 3D fabrication is still quite costly.
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IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2017
The catch is that, to avoid transferring any heat—to be what physicists call an adiabatic process—the series of logical operations in the computation must usually be carried out infinitely slowly.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2022
The result is adiabatic cooling.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2014
Race to the Bottom 1926: Chemists first describe a method, called adiabatic demagnetization, that uses magnetic fields to cool materials below 1 kelvin.
—Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2019
According to the study, this mixture undergoes an adiabatic expansion—the gases expand causing the temperature to drop.
—Amy Klinkhammer, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
The catch is that, to avoid transferring any heat—that is, to be what physicists call an adiabatic process—the series of logical operations in the computation must usually be carried out infinitely slowly.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2022
The Universe is born with imperfections that are 100% adiabatic and 0% isocurvature in nature.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 6 July 2021
This occurs due to a phenomenon called adiabatic cooling.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2019
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IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2017
The catch is that, to avoid transferring any heat—to be what physicists call an adiabatic process—the series of logical operations in the computation must usually be carried out infinitely slowly.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2022
The result is adiabatic cooling.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2014
Race to the Bottom 1926: Chemists first describe a method, called adiabatic demagnetization, that uses magnetic fields to cool materials below 1 kelvin.
—Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2019
According to the study, this mixture undergoes an adiabatic expansion—the gases expand causing the temperature to drop.
—Amy Klinkhammer, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
The catch is that, to avoid transferring any heat—that is, to be what physicists call an adiabatic process—the series of logical operations in the computation must usually be carried out infinitely slowly.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2022
The Universe is born with imperfections that are 100% adiabatic and 0% isocurvature in nature.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 6 July 2021
This occurs due to a phenomenon called adiabatic cooling.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2019
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adiabatic
adjective
adi·a·bat·ic
ˌad-ē-ə-ˈbat-ik
ˌā-ˌdī-ə-
: occurring without loss or gain of heat
adiabatic expansion of a gas
adiabatically
adverb
-ˈbat-i-k(ə-)lē
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