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Physicsal Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| condensation | The act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form. |
| element | one of a class of substances that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means. See also chart under periodic table. |
| atom | the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element |
| solution | the process by which a gas, liquid, or solid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, liquid, or solid without chemical change. |
| temperature | the heat in which something emits |
| solid | the phase of matter that is most dense |
| liquid | composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid. |
| gas | a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid. |
| kinetic energy | the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system. |
| absolute zero | the temperature of −273.16°C (−459.69°F), the hypothetical point at which all molecular activity ceases. |