microstate
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
microstate (plural microstates)
- A country that has a very small population and land area.
- (physics) The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system.
- 1989, H. E. Avery, D. John Shaw, Physical Chemistry, page 33:
- However, the number of microstates in which the excess of molecules in one bulb over the number in the other bulb is sufficient to permit the measurement of a pressure difference is a quite discountably small fraction of the total number of microstates.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "physics"): macrostate
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a very small country
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microscopic configuration
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