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(physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance

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a multidimensional phase space

: an ideal often multidimensional space of which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables required to specify the phase or state of a system or substance — see coordinate space

a hypothetical space constructed so as to have as many coordinates as are necessary to define the state of a given substance or system.

[1925-30]

n. Physics a multidimensional space in which each axis corresponds to one of the coordinates required to specify the state of a physical system, all the coordinates being thus represented so that a point in the space corresponds to a state of the system