phase space

Meaning

Noun

• Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point;
  the underlying set of such a topological space.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• phase line
• phase plane

Origin

• The concept was developed in the late 19th century by Ludwig Boltzmann, Henri Poincaré and Josiah Willard Gibbs.