You need a functional form that connects the value at one state of matter, the freezing point of water to another phase change, the boiling point of water.

你需要一个函数形式来,连接物质某个态对应的温度值，如水的冰点，和另一个相变,如水的沸点。

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If it's in polar form I passed in a radius and angle and I'll compute what the x- and y- value is.

以及半径和角度,但是现在是这样的,不管我是以哪种形式。

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