change of state

1. 1.

   the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

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Questions about change of state

What does change of state mean?

change of state means "the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics".

Is change of state a common word?

change of state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.