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I'm assuming you are asking about a single substance existing in all three phases of matter. The conditions under which a single substance can exist at equilibrium in all three phases (solid, liquid, and vapor or gas) is called the triple point. The triple point for water occurs at exactly 273.16 K (0.01 °C) and a vapor pressure of 611.73 pascals (ca. 6.1173 millibars, 0.0060373 atm).

Sure, ice, liquid water, and water vapor can simultaneously exist in nature (for instance, in a lake which is half frozen), but those phases are not in equilibrium with each other. Either the ice is melting, the water is freezing, the vapor is condensing, etc.

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