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phase transition

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phase change, state change, physical change

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity

Narrower terms: freeze, freezing, liquefaction, thaw, melt, thawing, melting, vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: փուլային անցում (pʻulayin ancʻum) — change in physical system
  • Catalan: transició de fase — change in physical system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相變 /相变 (xiàngbiàn) — change in physical system
  • Czech: fázový přechod — change in physical system
  • Dutch: faseovergang — change in physical system
  • Finnish: faasimuutos — change in physical system
  • Finnish: faasitransitio — change in physical system
  • French: transition de phase — change in physical system
  • German: Phasenübergang — change in physical system
  • Hindi: प्रावस्था संक्रमण (prāvasthā saṅkramaṇ) — change in physical system
  • Hungarian: fázisátalakulás — change in physical system
  • Ido: fazotransito — change in physical system
  • Italian: transizione di fase — change in physical system
  • Japanese: 相転移 (sōten'i) — change in physical system
  • Lithuanian: būsenos kitimas — change in physical system
  • Polish: przemiana fazowa — change in physical system
  • Portuguese: transição de fase — change in physical system
  • Romanian: tranziție de fază — change in physical system
  • Russian: фа́зовый перехо́д (fázovyj perexód) — change in physical system
  • Slovak: fázová premena — change in physical system
  • Slovene: fazni prehod — change in physical system
  • Spanish: transición de fase — change in physical system
  • Swedish: fasövergång — change in physical system
  • Turkish: hâl değişimi — change in physical system
  • Ukrainian: фазовий перехід (fazovyj perexid) — change in physical system
  • Welsh: trawsnewidiad gwedd — change in physical system