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tricritical

tricritical adjective: describing a condition, in condensed matter, in which three phases are in equilibrium.

Adjective

tricritical (not comparable)

  1. Describing a condition, in condensed matter, in which three phases are in equilibrium

Origin of tricritical

From tri- + critical.

Words formed from tricritical

Questions about tricritical

What does tricritical mean?
Tricritical means describing a condition, in condensed matter, in which three phases are in equilibrium.
What part of speech is tricritical?
Tricritical is an adjective.

Words near tricritical in the dictionary

  1. tricresol
  2. tricresyl
  3. tricresyl phosphate
  4. tricriteria
  5. tricriterion
  6. tricritical
  7. tricriticalities
  8. tricriticality
  9. tricrotic
  10. tricrotism
  11. tricrotous

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