"state of matter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: states of matter [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|states of matter}} state of matter (plural states of matter)
  1. (sciences) Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed. Wikipedia link: en:state of matter Categories (topical): Sciences Synonyms (phase of matter): physical state, state of aggregation Related terms: solid, liquid, gas, gaseous, plasma, Bose-Einstein condensate Translations (different phases of matter): حَالَة تَجَمُّع (alt: ḥāla(t) tajammuʕ) [feminine] (Arabic), ագրեգատային վիճակ (agregatayin vičak) (Armenian), агрэга́тны стан (ahrehátny stan) (Belarusian), 物質狀態 (Chinese Mandarin), 物质状态 (wùzhì zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), 物態 (Chinese Mandarin), 物态 (wùtài) (Chinese Mandarin), skupenství [neuter] (Czech), aggregatietoestand [masculine] (Dutch), olomuoto (Finnish), état de la matière [masculine] (French), Aggregatzustand [masculine] (German), κατάσταση της ύλης (katástasi tis ýlis) [feminine] (Greek), מצב צבירה (matsav tsivra) [masculine] (Hebrew), halmazállapot (Hungarian), stato della materia [masculine] (Italian), заттың агрегаттық күйі (zattyñ agregattyq küiı) (Kazakh), 물질의 상태 (muljir-ui sangtae) (Korean), aggregattilstand (Norwegian), stan skupienia [masculine] (Polish), estado da matéria [masculine] (Portuguese), stare de agregare (Romanian), агрега́тное состоя́ние (agregátnoje sostojánije) [neuter] (Russian), состоя́ние вещества́ (sostojánije veščestvá) [neuter] (Russian), агрега́тное состоя́ние вещества́ (agregátnoje sostojánije veščestvá) [neuter] (Russian), агрегатно стање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), agregatno stanje [Latin, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), skupenstvo [neuter] (Slovak), agregatno stanje [neuter] (Slovene), estado de la materia [masculine] (Spanish), hali ya maada (Swahili), aggregationstillstånd [neuter] (Swedish), aggregationsform [common-gender] (Swedish), агрегатний стан (ahrehatnyj stan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trạng thái vật chất (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-state_of_matter-en-noun-YFp-pgOu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: sciences

Inflected forms

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