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What does isentropic mean?

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  1. (thermodynamics, of process) Having a constant entropy
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David Scarborough, a senior research engineer, teaches the jet and rocket propulsion class, full of terms like isentropic flow and stagnation states as well as adiabatic efficiency for the diffuser.
In the same way the critical point of the isentropic curves comes nearer to that of the isothermals.
Other inputs included the degree of superheat and subcooling, isentropic efficiency of the compressor etc.
The flow of air at the isentropic surface is represented by streamlines, computed from the field of pressure and temperature.
But in this case all isentropic curves, if sufficiently prolonged, will enter the heterogeneous region.
The first and third legs are nearly isothermal, while the second and fourth legs are nearly isentropic.

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