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Isentropic
In thermodynamics, isentropic refers to a line on diagram or graph of equal entropy. The term was coined in 1873 by American engineer Willard Gibbs and approved of and adopted by German physicist Rudolf Clausius in 1875. [1]
References
1. (a) Gibbs, J. Willard. (1873). "Graphical Methods in the Thermodynamics of Fluids" (pg. 3), Transactions of the Connecticut Academy, I. pp. 309-342, April-May.
(b) Clausius, Rudolf. (1879). The Mechanical Theory of Heat (pg. 68). London: Macmillan & Co.
References
1. (a) Gibbs, J. Willard. (1873). "Graphical Methods in the Thermodynamics of Fluids" (pg. 3), Transactions of the Connecticut Academy, I. pp. 309-342, April-May.
(b) Clausius, Rudolf. (1879). The Mechanical Theory of Heat (pg. 68). London: Macmillan & Co.
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