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critical temperature

[ krit-i-kuhl tem-per-uh-cher, tem-pruh ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. the temperature of a pure element or compound at a critical point:

    Above the critical temperature, no liquid can form, no matter how great the pressure of the gas is.



critical temperature

noun

  1. the temperature of a substance in its critical state. A gas can only be liquefied by pressure alone at temperatures below its critical temperature


critical temperature

  1. The temperature of a substance at its critical point.
  2. The temperature at which a material becomes a superconductor.
  3. The temperature at which a property of a material, such as its magnetism, changes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of critical temperature1

First recorded in 1865–70

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Example Sentences

Above this critical temperature, the dim suns are a mix of long-lived red dwarfs and young brown dwarfs.

Heating may be the trickiest part of the process, only because the critical temperature varies among brands or even liners, which often have different thicknesses and materials.

Recent researches have shown that other important changes in its properties occur at the same critical temperature.

Its critical temperature is 146 C. Liquid and solid chlorine are both yellow in colour.

Thirty-seven degrees more would bring us to the critical temperature of nitrogen.

At the critical temperature the quantities r and vv-vl are both equal to 0, but they have a finite ratio.

At the critical temperature it is equal to zero on account of the identity of the liquid and the gaseous states.

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