liquid phase
English
Noun
liquid phase (plural liquid phases)
- (physics) One of the three fundamental structural phases of matter in which the thermal mobility of molecules or atoms is comparable with the cohesiveness, having them connected but fluid in a mass.
Usage notes
- The word liquid phase tends to be used when the statistical mechanical or thermodynamic nature of matter is focused on rather than the matter itself.
Synonyms
- liquid
Coordinate terms
- gaseous phase
- solid phase
Translations
one of the three fundamental structural phases of matter
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