state of matter

Questions about state of matter

What does state of matter mean?

state of matter means "(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)".

What is another word for state of matter?

Close synonyms include state. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is state of matter a common word?

state of matter 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.