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macrostate

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macrostate [′mak·rō‚stāt]
(statistical mechanics)
macroscopic state


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6 Formulating the concept of entropy as measuring the number of possible microstates corresponding to the given macrostate, the second law of thermodynamics will tell us that in spontaneous natural processes, the macrostates are shifted towards new macrostates in which the number of possible microstates is higher.
Order, structure, physical organization and biological organization by Grandpierre, Attila / Frontier Perspectives
Adaptations and knowledge may be viewed as macrostates (the "phenotype" level) to which numerous microstates (the "genotype" level) belong.
Evolution of culture in the light of the second law of thermodynamics by Naess, Halvor / Frontier Perspectives
 
 
 
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