See also:

• AGGREGATION (from the Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)

AGGREGATION (from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)  , in physics, a collective See also:

• TERM

term for the forms or states in which See also:

• MATTER

matter exists . Three See also:

• PRIMARY

primary " states of See also:

• AGGREGATION (from the Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)

aggregation " are recognized—gaseous, liquid and solid . Generally, if a solid be heated to a certain temperature, it melts or fuses, assuming the liquid See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition (see FusloN); if the See also:

• HEATING

heating be continued the liquid boils and becomes a vapour (see See also:

• VAPORIZATION

VAPORIZATION) . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, if a See also:

• GAS

gas be sufficiently cooled and compressed, it liquefies; this transition is treated theoretically in the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article CONDENSATION OF GASES, and experimentally in the article LIQUID GASES .