virtual transition

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.V06626
A non-observable liquid-crystal transition that occurs below the crystallization temperature and is determined by extrapolation in binary phase diagrams.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577. 'Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 593 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030577)