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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 substanceplay

  Familiarity information: PHASE SPACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHASE SPACE (noun)


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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