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An adiabatic process is one in which there is no exchange of heat with the surroundings. The relationship of pressure and volume when a gas or other fluid is compressed or expanded with no loss or gain of heat. In an adiabatic process, compression causes an increase in temperature and expansion a decrease in temperature.

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