1. In a manner relating to a thermodynamic process in which no heat is exchanged between a system and its surroundings.
Usage: technical; physics and thermodynamics

Examples

• When a gas expands adiabatically, its temperature decreases without any heat transfer.
• The atmosphere can cool adiabatically as air rises and pressure decreases.
• In an adiabatically compressed system, work done on the gas increases its internal energy.
• The process occurs adiabatically when the container is perfectly insulated.
• Weather patterns are often modeled using adiabatically rising air masses.