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An intermediate physical state of matter between solid and liquid, in which the molecules have more freedom of movement than when locked in a crystal lattice, but less freedom of movement than when in the liquid state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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A composite state of a physical system that is determined by the overall configuration of many microstates; e.g. the heat of a substance (mesostate), which is made up of the aggregate of motions of many molecules (microstate).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
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A description of an aspect of a geographical system at a level between complete detail (the microstate) and a simple summary statistic or percentage (the macrostate).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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An intermediate metabolic product in the formation of anastates or catastates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
From meso- + state. Sense 4 possibly purely in analogy with anastate and catastate.
