ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Microstate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Microstate is a noun meaning A country that has a very small population and land area.

Meaning

A country that has a very small population and land area.

More Meanings

  1. (physics) The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

Antonyms for microstate

Common opposites include macrostate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mini-nation, microcountry, micromap, microgovernment, micromarket, microminiature.

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