critical opalescence

noun

the milky turbidity observed in a fluid as it is slowly cooled to just above its critical point, at which point two clear phases (gas and liquid) form

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nouncritical opalescence (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesthe milky turbidity observed in a fluid as it is slowly cooled to just above its critical point, at which point two clear phases (gas and liquid) form
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