"transition point" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transition points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} transition point (plural transition points)
  1. (fluid dynamics) The point in space at which fluid flow around an object changes from laminar to turbulent. Categories (topical): Fluid dynamics
    Sense id: en-transition_point-en-noun-9N8DZMWo Topics: fluid-dynamics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. The temperature at which a substance changes from one state of matter to another, or from one solid phase to another. Categories (topical): Systems theory
    Sense id: en-transition_point-en-noun-3HBJKJq4 Disambiguation of Systems theory: 16 61 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 54 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 59 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 59 26
  3. Any similar point at which a characteristic of a system changes abruptly.
    Sense id: en-transition_point-en-noun-XfWsP0mR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (point at which flow becomes turbulent): punct de tranziție [neuter] (Romanian)
Disambiguation of 'point at which flow becomes turbulent': 48 13 40

Inflected forms

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