"phase transition" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phase transitions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} phase transition (plural phase transitions)
  1. (physics) The transition between thermodynamic phases of a physical system, especially one between the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a substance. Hyponyms: boiling, condensation, deposition, freezing, melting, sublimation Derived forms: first-order phase transition, magnetic phase transition, second-order phase transition, structural phase transition Translations (change in physical system): փուլային անցում (pʻulayin ancʻum) (Armenian), transició de fase [feminine] (Catalan), 相變 /相变 (xiàngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), fázový přechod [masculine] (Czech), faseovergang [masculine] (Dutch), faasimuutos (Finnish), faasitransitio (Finnish), transition de phase [feminine] (French), Phasenübergang [masculine] (German), प्रावस्था संक्रमण (prāvasthā saṅkramaṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), fázisátalakulás (Hungarian), fazotransito (Ido), transizione di fase [feminine] (Italian), 相転移 (sōten'i) (Japanese), būsenos kitimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), przemiana fazowa [feminine] (Polish), transição de fase [feminine] (Portuguese), tranziție de fază [feminine] (Romanian), фа́зовый перехо́д (fázovyj perexód) [masculine] (Russian), fázová premena [feminine] (Slovak), fazni prehod [masculine] (Slovene), transición de fase [feminine] (Spanish), fasövergång [common-gender] (Swedish), hâl değişimi (Turkish), фазовий перехід (fazovyj perexid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trawsnewidiad gwedd [masculine] (Welsh)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trawsnewidiad gwedd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phase transition"
}

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