phase space

1. 1.

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

   “a multidimensional phase space”

   Broaderspace

   Narrowerdynamical system

   physics

Questions about phase space

What does phase space mean?

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

Is phase space a common word?

phase space is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.