transition point
Britishnoun
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the point at which a transition of physical properties takes place, such as the point at which laminar flow changes to turbulent flow
Example Sentences
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"We're at a transition point where climate change is shifting from being an abstract statistical future problem that you read about in reports, to a concrete present and disruptive feature of daily life," Burgess said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“This transition point is an opportune time for me to pass the baton,” Field said in a call with reporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
"When the product reaches what we call the glass transition point, the ice crystals within the candy shift from ice to vapour at the speed of sound," Ms Goldfarb adds.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
However, building on their earlier work, the team showed that fluids move through a pipe in a non-equilibrium phase transition, known as directed percolation, at the transition point between laminar and turbulent flow.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
A colon is the transition point of the sentence.
From Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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