Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supercritical fluid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-crit-i-cal flu-id
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A substance at a temperature and pressure above its own thermodynamic critical point that can diffuse through solids like a gas and dissolve materials like a liquid.

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What does supercritical fluid mean?
A substance at a temperature and pressure above its own thermodynamic critical point that can diffuse through solids like a gas and dissolve materials like a liquid.

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