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nounmetastate (plural metastates)
plural metastates
- natural sciencesA metastable isomer
- statistical mechanicsA probability measure on the space of all thermodynamic states of a system
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metastate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metastate
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“metastate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metastate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metastate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metastate.
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