microstates
/ˈmaɪkroʊˌsteɪts/
noun
- Plural of microstate: very small independent countries.
- Tourists often visit multiple microstates in a single trip because they are so close together.
- The United Nations gives each of its member microstates an equal vote in the General Assembly.
- Europe has several microstates, including San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Andorra.
- Plural of microstate: multiple possible arrangements of particles in a physical system.
- The number of microstates increases dramatically as the temperature of the gas rises.
- Physicists use computers to simulate all the microstates of a complex molecule.
- Understanding microstates is key to predicting how a material will behave under pressure.