transition point

British  

noun

1. the point at which a transition of physical properties takes place, such as the point at which laminar flow changes to turbulent flow

2. See transition temperature

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Example Sentences

"Great things to come but we're at that transition point now," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

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

Among the group is Naoto Fukasawa’s Genken console, which is named for the Japanese word for hallway and meant to signify the transition point between inside and outside a home.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

I also wonder if part of it might be related to this whole idea of late-night itself being at a transition point, possibly even on the verge of death.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2024

From Reicher’s determinations, the exact transition point is 95.6�; it rises with increasing pressure about 0.05� for one atmosphere; the density of the rhombic form is greater than that of the monoclinic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various