different between adiabatic vs insulate

English

Etymology

19th-century coinage (introduced by W. J. M. Rankine in the 1860s) based on Ancient Greek ????????? (adiábatos, “impassable”), used of terrain (rivers, forests) by Xenophon, from ?- (a-, “not”) + ??? (diá, “through”) + ????? (batós, “passable”), from ????? (baín?, “to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?da???bæt?k/, /?e?d???bæt?k/, /?æd???bæt?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

adiabatic (not comparable)

1. (physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
2. (physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.

Antonyms

• (thermodynamics): diabatic
• (quantum mechanics): nonadiabatic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

adiabatic (plural adiabatics)

1. An adiabatic curve or graph

Further reading

• adiabatic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French adiabatique

Adjective

adiabatic m or n (feminine singular adiabatic?, masculine plural adiabatici, feminine and neuter plural adiabatice)

1. adiabatic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Late Latin insulatus (“made like an island”), past participle of insulare (“to make like an island”), from insula (“island”); see insular.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nsj?le?t/, /??n??le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ns?le?t/
• Hyphenation: in?su?late

Verb

insulate (third-person singular simple present insulates, present participle insulating, simple past and past participle insulated)

1. To separate, detach, or isolate.
2. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.

   Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.

Synonyms

• isolate

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• insulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• insulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• alunites

Latin

Participle

?nsul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nsul?tus