microstate

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

Noun

  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...

Origin

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.

Forms

microstates

Antonyms

macrostate

Derived

microstate continuum