phase transition

English

Noun

phase transition (plural phase transitions)

(physics) The transition between thermodynamic phases of a physical system, especially one between the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a substance.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

first-order phase transition
magnetic phase transition
second-order phase transition
structural phase transition

Translations

change in physical system

Catalan: transició de fase f
Finnish: faasimuutos, faasitransitio
French: transition de phase (fr) f
German: Phasenübergang f
Hungarian: fázisátalakulás (hu)
Ido: fazotransito
Japanese: 相転移 (sōten'i)
Lithuanian: būsenos kitimas m
Polish: przemiana fazowa f
Portuguese: transição de fase f
Romanian: tranziție de fază f
Russian: фа́зовый перехо́д (ru) m (fázovyj perexód)

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