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Vinony

microstate

noun

  1. very small sovereign state
  2. detailed microscopic state of a physical system
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English microstate From micro- + state.

  1. A country that has a very small population and land area.
  2. The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system.

    “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.”