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phase diagram

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.


Etymology

Origin of phase diagram

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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The work points at a new view of computation that does not involve designing circuits, but rather designing what physicists call a phase diagram.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Despite their potential, however, the magnetic phase diagram of these materials remains largely unexplored.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

But this work shows that the phase diagram can also encode 'thinking' in addition to 'doing,' when scaled up to complex systems with many different kinds of components.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Figure 13.36 The phase diagram for carbon dioxide.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

These are described as a line on a phase diagram.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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