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spinodal

spinodal adjective: describing the transformation of a system of two or more components in a metastable phase into two stable phases.

Adjective

spinodal (comparative more spinodal, superlative most spinodal)

  1. Describing the transformation of a system of two or more components in a metastable phase into two stable phases.

Forms of spinodal

comparativemore spinodal
superlativemost spinodal

Origin of spinodal

From spinode + -al.

Words formed from spinodal

Questions about spinodal

What does spinodal mean?
Spinodal means describing the transformation of a system of two or more components in a metastable phase into two stable phases.
What part of speech is spinodal?
Spinodal is an adjective.

Words near spinodal in the dictionary

  1. spinocortical
  2. spinoculate
  3. spinoculated
  4. spinoculation
  5. spinoculations
  6. spinodal
  7. spinodals
  8. spinode
  9. spinodeltoid
  10. spinodendritic
  11. spinodes

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