phase transition

English

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 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)
• Swedish: fasövergång (sv) c

See also

Phase transitions of matter (layout · text)

to from	solid	liquid	gas	plasma
solid		melting	sublimation
liquid	freezing		vaporisation, evaporation
gas	deposition	condensation		ionisation
plasma			recombination