English words for 'The upper, less dense phase of a multiphase system'
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noun
- A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
- (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
- (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- the whole amount
- a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
adj
- United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
- Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
verb
adj
noun
- (physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
- (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
- (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
adj
adj
- (physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
- Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
- (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
- originating outside the body
- consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
noun
verb
noun
- (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
- An aerosol can.
- A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
- The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
- a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
- a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
verb
adj
- (physics) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter
- (electricity) Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.
- of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
verb
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
adj
noun
verb
- decrease in phase
- become smaller
- grow smaller
- (intransitive, astronomy) For the Moon to pass through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
- (intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- (intransitive) For light to dim or diminish in strength.
noun
- a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
- (woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
- (Scotland, slang) A child.
- (literary) The end of a period.
noun
- (systems theory) Dynamic symmetry across multiple scales.
- The individual's right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from their current locale.
- (rare) Rule of all; absolute or total rule.
- (political science) An inclusive, multilateral system in which all parties may participate meaningfully.
- (poetic, rare) An all-encompassing realm.
- (anarchism, rare) Rule by all; a system of governance in which each person has absolute power.
adj
suffix
- A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.
- Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.
- Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
- A polymer derived from an alkene.
- (organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
- (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
noun
- A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
- (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
- (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- the whole amount
- a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
adj
- United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
- Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
verb
noun
- (physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
- (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
- (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
- An aerosol can.
- A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
- The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
- a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
- a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
verb
noun
- (systems theory) Dynamic symmetry across multiple scales.
- The individual's right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from their current locale.
- (rare) Rule of all; absolute or total rule.
- (political science) An inclusive, multilateral system in which all parties may participate meaningfully.
- (poetic, rare) An all-encompassing realm.
- (anarchism, rare) Rule by all; a system of governance in which each person has absolute power.
verb
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
adj
noun
verb
- decrease in phase
- become smaller
- grow smaller
- (intransitive, astronomy) For the Moon to pass through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
- (intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- (intransitive) For light to dim or diminish in strength.
noun
- a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
- (woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
- (Scotland, slang) A child.
- (literary) The end of a period.
adj
adj
- (physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
- Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
- (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
- originating outside the body
- consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
adj
- (physics) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter
- (electricity) Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.
- of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle