Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

state of matter

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English

Syllables: state of -mat-ter
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.

Inflected Forms

states of matter (plural)

Phrases

Bose-Einstein condensate

Frequently Paired Words

solid liquid gas gaseous plasma Bose-Einstein condensate

Synonyms

physical state state of aggregation state

Questions

What does state of matter mean?: Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.

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