transition temperature

transition temperature

noun
Physics. a temperature at which a substance undergoes some abrupt change in its properties, as when it passes from the normal to the superconducting state.
Also called transition point.
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Transition temperature is always a great word to know.
So is supercritical. Does it mean:
pertaining to a mass of radioactive material in which the rate of a chain reaction increases with time
the transfer of heat between two parts of a stationary system, caused by a temperature difference between the parts
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transition temperature
 
n
the temperature at which a sudden change of physical properties occurs, such as a change of phase or crystalline structure, or at which a substance becomes superconducting

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