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state machine

state machine noun: the state machinery; state apparatus. Also the ellipsis of finite-state machine.

Noun

state machine (plural state machines)

  1. (Marxism) The state machinery; state apparatus.

Also used as

state machine is also the ellipsis of finite-state machine.

Forms of state machine

pluralstate machines

Questions about state machine

What does state machine mean?
State machine means the state machinery; state apparatus.
What part of speech is state machine?
State machine is a noun.
What is the plural of state machine?
The plural of state machine is state machines.

Words near state machine in the dictionary

  1. state laws
  2. state line
  3. state lines
  4. state liquor agencies
  5. state liquor agency
  6. state machine
  7. state machines
  8. State Mine Gully
  9. state of affairs
  10. state of aggregation
  11. state of alarm

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