transition point

Noun

Meaning

(fluid dynamics) The point in space at which fluid flow around an object changes from laminar to turbulent.

The temperature at which a substance changes from one state of matter to another, or from one solid phase to another.

Any similar point at which a characteristic of a system changes abruptly.

Examples

1964 Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District The 1964 election was a major transition point for the South, and an important step in the process by which the Democrats' former " Solid South " became a Republican bastion. Source: Internet

Affleck also, quite perceptively, sees peer-to-peer file-sharing piracy as a necessary transition point of consumer habits that the industry would eventually catch up with. Source: Internet

But perhaps, in 2008, we do stand at a transition point that later self-appointed sages will look back on as the cultural and geopolitical end of the 20th century and the painful birth of the 21st. Source: Internet

Three teams – Guydis Canoes, Wateva Boyz, and Ride or Die paddled off towards Manatee Lookout Restaurant, the transition point. Source: Internet

It is sometimes possible to change the state of a system diabatically (as opposed to adiabatically ) in such a way that it can be brought past a phase transition point without undergoing a phase transition. Source: Internet

Laurel says they’ve looked at the 10-year mark as a transition point for the family. Source: Internet

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