ground state

1. 1.

   (physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle

   Broaderstate

   physics

Questions about ground state

What does ground state mean?

ground state means "(physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle".

Is ground state a common word?

ground 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.