triple point

noun

: the condition of temperature and pressure under which the gaseous, liquid, and solid phases of a substance can exist in equilibrium

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1872, in the meaning defined above

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triple point

noun

: the condition of temperature and pressure under which the gaseous, liquid, and solid forms of a substance change into each other at equal rates so that the amount of each always remains the same

Medical Definition

triple point

noun

: the condition of temperature and pressure under which the gaseous, liquid, and solid phases of a substance (as water) can exist in equilibrium

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