Adiabat
a line on a thermodynamic chart relating the pressure and temperature of a substance undergoing an adiabatic change.
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- Adiabatic chart
a graph for the -n-lysis of adiabatic processes.
- Adiabatically
occurring without gain or loss of heat (opposed to ): an adiabatic process. adjective (of a thermodynamic process) taking place without loss or gain of heat noun a curve or surface on a graph representing the changes in two or more characteristics (such as pressure and volume) of a system undergoing an adiabatic process adj. […]
- Adiactinic
(of a medium) not capable of transmitting actinic rays. adjective (physics) denoting a substance that does not transmit radiation affecting photochemically sensitive materials, such as a safelight in a photographic darkroom
- Adiadochokinesia
the inability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- Adiadochokinesis
the inability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension. adiadochokinesis a·di·a·do·cho·ki·ne·sis (ə-dī’ə-dō’kō-kĭ-nē’sĭs, -kī-, ād’ē-ād’ə-kō-) n. inability to perform rapid alternating movements.