supercritical fluid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

supercritical fluid supercritical fluids
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