Phase transition (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
Synonyms:
phase change; phase transition; physical change; state change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("phase transition" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phase transition"):
freeze; freezing (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)
liquefaction (the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid)
melt; melting; thaw; thawing (the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid)
evaporation; vapor; vaporisation; vaporization; vapour (the process of becoming a vapor)