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state of matter

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state of matter [′stāt əv ′mad·ər]
(physics)
One of three fundamental conditions of matter: the solid, liquid, and gaseous states.
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Hallmarks of an exotic, predicted state of matter called a supersolid have been spotted in a gas of ultracold rubidium atoms.
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Three scientists who were the first to create an exotic, potentially useful state of matter called the Bose-Einstein condensate have won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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