The term you are looking for is "phase", and the points between "phases"
are called "transition states". ie when changing from liquid to gas
there is an intermediate "transition state" before changin phase
entirely.

These are generic materials terminology.

Regards




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>Hi all
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>Could someone give me the English expression to describe in what state
(
>solid, liquid, gas ) a substance is. In German we call it
Aggregatszustand
>( just a hint for those with German background ). Thanks a lot.
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>Best regards
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