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ISENTROPIC [2 records]

Record 1 2000-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

An adjective describing a reversible adiabatic process; a change taking place at constant entropy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
DEF

Qualifie une transformation se produisant à entropie constante.

CONT

La transformation de l'état d'un corps est dite isentropique quand, malgré les quantités de chaleur fournies par les frottements, le bilan des échanges thermiques avec l'extérieur est constamment nul.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
DEF

Se dit d'un ballon asservi par pilotage à suivre dans l'atmosphère une trajectoire dont les points ont la même entropie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos científicos
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