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PHASE SPACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phase space mean?
• PHASE SPACE (noun)
The noun PHASE SPACE has 1 sense:
1. (physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance
Familiarity information: PHASE SPACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance
Classified under:
Nouns with no superordinates
Context example:
a multidimensional phase space
Hypernyms ("phase space" is a kind of...):
infinite; space (the unlimited expanse in which everything is located)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phase space"):
dynamical system ((physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space)
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