GROUND STATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ground state" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

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