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Verified for the 2026 examโขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โข Last updated September 2025
Definition
An isothermal process refers to a thermodynamic process in which the temperature of a system remains constant throughout. This means that the heat added to or removed from the system is balanced by an equal amount of work done by or on the system.