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supercritical fluid

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A substance at a temperature above its critical point, having properties intermediate between those of a liquid and those of a gas.

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  • noun physics 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.

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