A parameter of particular interest in synthetic polymer manufacturing is the glass transition temperature ( T < sub > g </ sub >), which describes the temperature at which amorphous polymers undergo a transition from a rubbery, viscous amorphous liquid, to a brittle, glassy amorphous solid.

Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the women writers to emerge in the 1960s, describes the transition to the New Wave era thus:

The atomic part describes the strength of a transition between two states in terms of transition moments.

The Historia Francorum is of salient historical interest since it describes a period of transition from Roman to Medieval, and the establishment of the Frankish state, the area of which, despite numerous fluctuations, was to remain large in terms of population and territory, and fortunate in terms of resources and wealth, throughout the Medieval period, despite divisions that formed as the modern map of Europe evolved.

Volumetric heat capacity ( VHC ), also termed volume-specific heat capacity, describes the ability of a given volume of a substance to store internal energy while undergoing a given temperature change, but without undergoing a phase transition.

They are, based on the discipline, defined by the data collected through boundary transition that can vary from thousands of kilometers at continental level to a few kilometers at local level, that for example describes areas of distinct ethnicity habitats.

* Intrinsic Reaction coordinates, a one dimensional path along the potential energy curve of a chemical reaction which describes the path of least resistance between reactants, products, intermediate reactants, and transition states.

The ' build up ' describes the transition between the dry and the rain.

The more general crystal structure describes materials of the type A < sub > 2 </ sub > B < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 6 </ sub > and A < sub > 2 </ sub > B < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 7 </ sub > where the A and B species are generally rare-earth or transition metal species ; e. g. Y < sub > 2 </ sub > Ti < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 7 </ sub >. The pyrochlore structure is a super structure derivative of the simple fluorite structure ( AO < sub > 2 </ sub > = A < sub > 4 </ sub > O < sub > 8 </ sub >, where the A and B cations are ordered along the < 110 > direction.

Kinderman describes the transition as " one of the most magical moments in the work ":

This mapping describes the state transition that is to occur on input of a particular symbol.

Slater describes the dedication of the Laboratory, the hosting of meetings of the International Astronomical Union, the American Physical Society, and a Spectroscopic conference, and ends: " In general the year has been one of settling down to work under satisfactory conditions, after the more difficult transition of the preceding year.

The model is a formal state transition model of computer security policy that describes a set of access control rules which use security labels on objects and clearances for subjects.

It also describes each reactive intermediate, activated complex, and transition state, and which bonds are broken ( and in what order ), and which bonds are formed ( and in what order ).

The Biba Model or Biba Integrity Model developed by Kenneth J. Biba in 1977, is a formal state transition system of computer security policy that describes a set of access control rules designed to ensure data integrity.

The author analyses Jenson's design techniques and his quest for customers and describes the uneasy transition from manuscript to printed page.

The book describes the historical and sociological transition from " small science " to " big science " and the qualitative differences between the two ; it inspired the field of scientometrics as well as new perspectives on large-scale science in other fields.

Bloodworth describes the transition of the post-war division to fully Air Assault and the adoption of the Air Assault Badge at this link.

Threshold consciousness ( commonly called " half-asleep " or " half-awake ", or " Mind Awake Body Asleep ") describes the same mental state of someone who is moving towards sleep or wakefulness but has not yet completed the transition.

Although sometimes interpreted as a model of the origins of cities and urbanism, Childe's concept in fact describes the transition from agricultural villages to state-level, urban societies.

Originally only interested in a good story, Casey becomes Carruthers's quasi-assistant, a change Casey himself describes as his " transition from newspaper man to desperado ".

Alfred Wainwright in his guide " Walks from Ratty " describes Eskdale as " One of the loveliest of Lakeland's valleys, descends from the highest and wildest mountains in the district to the Sands of Ravenglass in a swift transition from bleak and craggy ridges to verdant woodlands and pastures watered by a charming river.

The purpose of the adjusted Federal share relating to the base allotment and of the transition provisions for reaching the unadjusted Federal share is to prevent dislocations from abrupt changes in matching rates.

The post-communist economic transition was much more abrupt and aimed at creating fully capitalist economies.

The onset of superconductivity is accompanied by abrupt changes in various physical properties, which is the hallmark of a phase transition.

Mount Gimie, the highest peak, is located in the central mountain range and rises to above sea level, a contrast that is also evident in the abrupt climatic transition from coastal to inland areas.

The transition from the plain to the Central Highlands is abrupt in the southeast, and the mountains appear to rise up like a wall.

The possible reasons behind this seeming abrupt transition from the absence of stone tools to the presence thereof include ... gaps in the geological record.

A phase transition indicates a change in structure and can be recognized by an abrupt change in properties.

This transition is normally not sudden or abrupt, tends to occur over a period of years, and is a natural consequence of aging.

The abrupt transition of power to the Johnson administration brought no dramatic change in the formal role of the National Security Council.

The government was criticised for firing large numbers of district and provincial chiefs directly appointed by Diệm, causing a breakdown in law and order during the abrupt transition of power.

* Continuum ( measurement ), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes

Drivers on I-380 experience an abrupt transition from the muted topography of the Iowan surface to the rolling hills of the Southern Iowa drift plain 4 miles south of North Liberty.

Work and recreation are distinct ; one is either on the job or not, and the transition is abrupt.

It seems most natural to preface the discussion of the law with the biography of the legislator, while the transition from Joseph to the legislation, from the statesman who has nothing to do with the divine laws to the discussion of these laws themselves, is forced and abrupt.

Some found the transition between the mundane world of the first scene and the fantasy world of the second act too abrupt.

As the initial flow speed increases further, the transition becomes more abrupt, until at high enough speeds, the transition front will break and curl back upon itself.

In a tube-powered amplifier, the transition from linear amplification to limiting is less abrupt than in a solid-state unit, resulting in a less grating form of distortion at the onset of clipping.

In a tube amplifier, the transition from linear amplification to limiting is less abrupt than in a solid state unit, resulting in a less grating form of distortion at the onset of clipping.

Bathos ( Greek βάθος, meaning depth ) is an abrupt transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.

The Washington Post ran an article entitled " From Public Life to Private Business " about Cohen's abrupt transition to the business of Washington lobbying within " weeks of leaving office.

On the eastern and north eastern slopes of the range the prairie / mountain transition is very gentle at the south end ( between Cheyenne and Laramie ) and much more abrupt and broken farther north.

The project went through, but considering the abrupt transition from shorts to feature a few minutes to an hour and a half, Pixar set out to create a special half-hour to see if he can manage a production that is similar to that of an actual film.

Initially the transition to the breakdown was an abrupt absence of most of the arrangement in a disco record as described above.