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Triple point
A particular temperature and pressure at which three different phases of one substance can coexist in equilibrium. In common usage these three phases are normally solid, liquid, and gas, although triple points can also occur with two solid phases and one liquid phase, with two solid phases and one gas phase, or with three solid phases.
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