John Michael Strubhart

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A compression in which there is no heat energy added or removed is called an adiabatic compression, from the Greek a (not)  dia (through)  bainein (to go). (The word adiabatic is used in physics in several ways, and it is sometimes hard to see what is common about them.) That is, for an adiabatic compression all the work done goes into changing the internal energy.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I: The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat (Volume 1)
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