Phase Change

  

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Phase Change

Definition: Phase Change

Phase Change

Noun

1. A change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Phase Change

DomainDefinition

Energy

The process of changing from one physical state (solid, liquid, or gas) to another, with a necessary or coincidental input or release of energy. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Phase change

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Usage of a phase changing (from liquid to gas for example) material, in thermal energy transportation. This technology is used in refrigeration equipment. A Heat Pump (also see Heat engine) is a type of phase changing equipment. So is a compressor. The term is most frequently used as a form of computer cooling where a freon [compressor]] based cooler is used.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Phase change."

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Synonyms: Phase Change

Synonyms: phase transition (n), physical change (n), state change (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Phase Change

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Revolution

Noun: revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Phase Change

Specialty definitions using "phase change": evanescent modeFaraday cellphase change material. (references)

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Expression: Phase Change

Expression using "phase change": phase change material. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Phase Change

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

phase change

23
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Modern Translation: Phase Change

Language Translations for "phase change"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

stof med faseomdannelse (phase change material), faseskiftmateriale (phase change material), fasedrejnings-signaleringssystem (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

systeem van fasewisselingssignalering (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system), fase-overgangsmateriaal (phase change material). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vaiheensiirtoa käyttävä merkinantojärjestelmä (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system), faasimuutosmateriaali (phase change material). (various references)

   

French

  

système de modulation par inversion de phase (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system), MCP (phase change material, phase contrast microscope), matériau changement de phase (phase change material). (various references)

   

German

  

Phasenwechselmaterial (phase change material), Phasenumwandlungsmaterial (phase change material), Modulationsverfahren durch Phasenquantisierung (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύστημα διαμόρφωσης με αντιστροφή φάσης (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system). (various references)

   

Italian

  

passaggio di stato, cambiamento di fase. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asephay angechay

   

Portuguese

  

sistema de modulação por inversão de fase (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system), material a mudança de fase (phase change material). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sistema de modulación por inversión de fase (phase change signaling system, phase change signalling system), material de cambio de fase (phase change material). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fasomvandlande material (phase change material). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Phase Change

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-h-h-n-p-s"

-3 letters: cheapens, ganaches, panaches, saphenae.

-4 letters: achenes, apaches, canapes, changes, cheapen, encages, enchase, ganache, panache, peaches, peahens, pechans, saphena.

-5 letters: achene, agenes, apache, apneas, ashcan, canape, change, changs, chapes, cheaps, cheeps, encage, encase, encash, ephahs, escape, hances, nachas, naches, pachas, paeans, paesan, pagans, pangas, peaces, peages, peahen, peasen, pecans, pechan, phages, seance, seneca, senega.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-h-h-n-p-s"
 

+4 letters: encephalographs.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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