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Definition of Phase transition
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
Definition of Phase transition
1. Noun. (physics) The transition between thermodynamic phases of a physical system, especially one between the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a substance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phase Transition
Literary usage of Phase transition
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)
"Approximate calculations show such phase change instabilities are possible for
both the 400-kilometer olivine-spinel phase transition and also for partial ..."
2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"The maximum drop in magnitude of the electric potential is observed in the phase-
transition zone. In sandy soil before the freezing front, ..."
3. What Disaster Response Management Can Learn from Chaos Theory: Conference edited by Gus A. Koehler (1997)
"A first- order phase transition involves a sharp change from one ... A second-order
phase transition takes more time to accomplish and is less precise. ..."
4. Opportunities In High Magnetic Field Science by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... and the melting of vortex lattices is a first-order phase transition that ...
the factors that determine the local properties of this phase transition. ..."
5. Joint Meeting on Multicomponent Polymers and Polyelectrolytes edited by Eric J. Amis (1998)
"... microphase and macrophase transitions) (4) chemical and physical gels of
poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide) in water via volume phase transition and/or ..."
6. 40 Years of Entropy and the Glass Transition: Symposium Papers edited by Gregory B. McKenna, Sharon C. Glotzer (1997)
"1.8 An Insight From the Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem Whenever there is a
thermodynamic phase transition the fluctuation-dissipation (FD) theorem [33] ..."
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