stationary phase
The term "stationary phase" is used in various scientific fields to describe a state or component that remains fixed or stable, facilitating different processes such as separation in chromatography or balanced growth in microbiology.
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Definition
C1Chromatography
(technical, scientific)The solid or liquid material in a chromatographic system that remains fixed, allowing the separation of mixture components based on their interactions with this material.
Example
- The stationary phase in the column helped separate the proteins based on their affinity.
C1Microbiology
(technical, scientific)A phase in bacterial growth where the rate of cell growth equals the rate of cell death, resulting in a stable population size.
Example
- During the stationary phase, the bacterial culture's growth rate stabilized due to nutrient depletion.