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Contents 1 In physics 2 In thermodynamics 3 In quantum mechanics 4 In electronics 5 In carbohydrate chemistry

Adiabatic may refer to:

• Adiabatic lapse rate, in meteorology, referred to also as adiabatic cooling: when air cools or heats as it expands or contracts with pressure change without losing or gaining heat energy by radiation or to its surroundings.
• Born-Oppenheimer approximation, in quantum chemistry

In physics

• Adiabatic invariant

In thermodynamics

• Adiabatic process
• Adiabatic ionization
• Adiabatic index

In quantum mechanics

• Adiabatic theorem

In electronics

• Adiabatic circuit
• Adiabatic logic

In carbohydrate chemistry

• Adiabatic map

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