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Definition of Phase change
1. Noun. A change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition.
Specialized synonyms: Freeze, Freezing, Liquefaction, Melt, Melting, Thaw, Thawing, Evaporation, Vapor, Vaporisation, Vaporization, Vapour
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phase Change
Literary usage of Phase change
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The maximum value of kinematic viscosity v which will lead to a phase change
instability versus the magnitude of the negative temperature gradient for the ..."
2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"... with a phase change on both solid rock and unconsolidated materials. ...
(with a phase change) and relative conservation of traces of former seasonal ..."
3. Light for Students by Edwin Edser (1920)
"phase changes in the Reflected and Refracted Waves. phase change in the reflected
wave. In the case of total reflection, the numerical lengths of OA and AC ..."
4. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1914)
"The phase-change due to reflection will be e Fio. ... From these data it is easy
to calculate the phase-change produced by reflection, if we remember that ..."
5. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"During a phase change, the following latent heat term must be added to the right
hand side of the general finite difference equation: i, /. fc+l - Qi, i, ..."
6. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1905)
"The phase-change due to reflection will be the same at the surfaces a and b, ...
From these data it is easy to calculate the phase-change produced by ..."
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