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metabatic, a.|mɛtəˈbætɪk|
[ad. Gr. µεταβατικ-ός, f. µεταβαίνειν: see prec. and -ic.]
1. Rhet. Pertaining to metabasis.
1900Expositor Nov. 391 Even if the δέ be genuine..it is not adversative but metabatic.
2. Thermodynamics. In metabatic function (see quot.).
1855Rankine Misc. Sci. Papers (1881) 225 The function..whose identity for the two substances expresses the condition of equilibrium of the actual energy between them, may be called the metabatic function for that kind of energy. In the science of thermodynamics the metabatic function is absolute temperature. |