liquid phase

English

Noun

liquid phase (plural liquid phases)

1. (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

• Japanese: 液相 (ja) (えきそう, ekisō)
• Romanian: fază lichidă f
• Swedish: flytande form c