"microstate" meaning in All languages combined

See microstate on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: microstates [plural]
Etymology: micro- + state Etymology templates: {{af|en|micro-|state}} micro- + state Head templates: {{en-noun}} microstate (plural microstates)
  1. A country that has a very small population and land area. Translations (a very small country): دُوَيْلَة (duwayla) (Arabic), microestat [masculine] (Catalan), 微型國家 (Chinese Mandarin), 微型国家 (wēixíng guójiā) (Chinese Mandarin), ministát [masculine] (Czech), státeček [masculine] (Czech), mikrostat [common-gender] (Danish), dwergstaat (Dutch), ministaat (Dutch), kääpiövaltio (Finnish), Zwergstaat [masculine] (German), マイクロ (maikuro) (Japanese), ка́рликовое госуда́рство (kárlikovoje gosudárstvo) [neuter] (Russian), microestado [masculine] (Spanish), จุลรัฐ (jun-lá-rát) (Thai), mikrodevlet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-microstate-en-noun-sjDDOUBR Disambiguation of 'a very small country': 98 2
  2. (physics) The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system. Categories (topical): Physics, Systems theory Translations (microscopic configuration): microestat [masculine] (Catalan), 微觀狀態 (Chinese Mandarin), 微观状态 (wēiguān zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), mikrostav [masculine] (Czech), mikrotilstand [common-gender] (Danish), microtoestand [masculine] (Dutch), mikro-olosuhteet [plural] (Finnish), микросостоя́ние (mikrosostojánije) [neuter] (Russian), microestado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-microstate-en-noun-05EJ3dhd Disambiguation of Systems theory: 10 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with micro- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 21 79 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'microscopic configuration': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Government Derived forms: microstate continuum
Disambiguation of Government: 0 0

Inflected forms

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