Definition of Microstate

1. Noun. A country that has a very small population and land area ¹

2. Noun. (physics) the specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microstate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Microstate

1. Each arrangement of the ensemble, every possible arrangement of the atoms or molecules in the system. (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microstate

microsporidian keratoconjunctivitis
microsporidians
microsporidiasis
microsporidiosis
microsporocyte
microsporocytes
microsporophyll
microsporophylls
microsporous
microspot
microspots
microstamped
microstamping
microstate (current term)
microstates
microstethophone
microstethoscope
microsthene
microsthenes
microsthenic
microstimulation
microstimulations
microstock
microstorage
microstrain
microstrains
microstrip

Literary usage of Microstate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Statistics, Probability, and Game Theory: Papers in Honor of David Blackwell by David Blackwell, Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, Lloyd S. Shapley, James B. MacQueen (1996)
"... to mention but two, extensively discussed in Sklar [31]: what is the relation of the actual initial microstate and the distribution over microstates? ..."

2. CARICOM Report No. 1 by Anthony Peter Gonzales (2002)
"Briefly, these negotiations include the WTO (GATS, built-in agenda, and the 46 The term "microstate", according to the definition of the United Nations, ..."

3. The Pacific by Ranginui Walker, William M. Sutherland, United Nations University (1988)
"Third, the scenario is qualified, 'parenthetically', with the note that 'criminal or entrepreneurial threats to microstate stability are almost exclusively ..."

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