Define isothermal and Adiabatic process.

Define isothermal and Adiabatic process.
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Isothermal process:- The process in which volume of a gas changes keeping its temperature constant is called isothermal change. 

Adiabatic process:- The process in which volume of a gas changes with change in temperature is called Adiabatic change. 
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