🌡️ Phase Transition

A phase transition is an abrupt change in a physical system's structure or properties — such as ice melting into water or a magnet losing its magnetism above a critical temperature — as a control parameter like temperature or pressure crosses a threshold. Near the transition point, order parameters and correlation lengths often follow universal power-law scaling.

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🌡️ Phase Transition — Order Parameter & Critical Point

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For a fuller technical treatment, see the Numerical Methods Glossary — Error & Stability reference on MySimulator.

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