State Of Matter (Noun)
Meaning
(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); "the solid state of water is called ice".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Scientists studied the physical properties of various elements in all states of matter.
- Ice represents a common solid state of water at normal temperatures.
- Carbon dioxide's various states of matter exist depending on pressure and temperature conditions.
- Water is unique because it can exist in all three traditional states of matter as solid ice and liquid water and gaseous water vapor nearby each other.
- Gases and liquids do not maintain a fixed shape at the macroscopic scale compared to solids when analyzing the states of matter of these substances.