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metastate

metastate noun: a metastable isomer.

Noun

metastate (plural metastates)

  1. A metastable isomer
  2. (statistical mechanics) A probability measure on the space of all thermodynamic states of a system

Forms of metastate

pluralmetastates

Origin of metastate

From meta- + state.

Questions about metastate

What does metastate mean?
Metastate means a metastable isomer.
What part of speech is metastate?
Metastate is a noun.
What is the plural of metastate?
The plural of metastate is metastates.

Words near metastate in the dictionary

  1. metastasizer
  2. metastasizers
  3. metastasizes
  4. metastasizing
  5. metastastic
  6. metastate
  7. metastatectomies
  8. metastatectomy
  9. metastatement
  10. metastatements
  11. metastates

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