phase transition
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- noun
- /feɪz trænˈzɪʃən/
- Specialized
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transición de fase
- When water boils, it undergoes a phase transition from liquid to gas.
- undergo a phase transition
- Phase transition occurs
- symmetry-breaking phase transition
Anyway, as any fan of physics knows, when we have phase transitions, we're going to have say it with me, phase diagrams.
- Anyway, as any fan of physics knows, when we have phase transitions, we're going to have say it with me, phase diagrams.
- So it's, it's clearly a phase transition in physics terms.
- And we'll see that in higher dimensions, sufficiently high dimensions, there is a phase transition and we'll talk about what that phase transition means.
- There's actually two things going on at once at this phase transition, which is, which is very remarkable about it.
Examples
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We understand them, but there are some phase transitions in nature that scientists don't fully understand because they involve quantum mechanics.
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The phase transition from solid to liquid requires heat to be absorbed by the substance.
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So it's, it's clearly a phase transition in physics terms.
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But it turned out to be extremely difficult to make reliable calculations of the phase transition temperature.
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So the result is that the phase transition doesn't happen.
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So these are the phase transitions of water on a molecular scale.
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Raising the temperature to 900 K causes a phase transition to occur.
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The freezing of water and melting of ice are among the most dramatic examples of phase transitions in nature.
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So you know, like if you boil water on your stove, that's a phase transition and it produces bubbles of steam.
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Freezing water into ice is an example of a phase transition that changes the state of matter.
Synonyms
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A change where something changes state or appearance but stays the same substance
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A material that moves from solid to liquid or gas without making a new substance
A process where matter moves between solid, liquid, and gas without a chemical reaction
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a change from one stage or state to another' is directly derivable from combining 'phase' (a stage) with 'transition' (a process of changing), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's referent. Although often used in a technical (physics) context, the compound is fully compositional and has close cross‑linguistic equivalents (e.g. Spanish 'transición de fase'), which supports transparency.
Etymology
Phase transition comes from the simple picture of a material changing its phase by making a transition, like ice melting into water or water turning into steam. So, phase transition means a 'change of state'.