| NOUN | process | physical change, phase change, phase transition, state change | a change from one state (solid or liquid / liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition |
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| Meaning | A change from one state (solid or liquid / liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition. | |
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| Synonyms | phase change, phase transition, state change | |
| Narrower | freeze, freezing | The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a solid |
| liquefaction | The conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid / liquid | |
| thaw, melt, thawing, melting | The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid / liquid | |
| vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation | The process of becoming a vapor | |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | cambio de estado | |
| Catalan | canvi d'estat, canvi físic | |
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