microstate

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microstate

  • /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌsteɪt/

noun microstates

  1. A sovereign state which has a very small land area and population.

    Similar: micronation

  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.

    Opposite: macrostate

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noun sovereign state which has a very small land area and population

Españolmicroestado
日本語マイクロ maikuro
中文微型國家 /微型国家 wēiguān zhuàngtài
DeutschZwergstaat
Românămicrostat
Русскийка́рликовое госуда́рство kárlikovoje gosudárstvo
العربيةدُوَيْلَة duwayla

noun specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system

Españolmicroestado
中文微觀狀態 /微观状态 wēiguān zhuàngtài
Русскиймикросостоя́ние mikrosostojánije

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@misc{microstate_2026,
  title = {microstate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/microstate},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}