state
/steɪt/ noun A2- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time. · a state of being· a state of emergency
- A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances. · absolute state· in a state
- The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle. · In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
- The set of all parameters relevant to a computation. · The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
- The values of all parameters at some point in a computation. · A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
- The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity. · in state· The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
Plural states
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So alarming did the state of my finances become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country, or that I must make a complete alteration in my style of living.
The tailor’s tab is on the neck—‘Neal, Outfitter, Vermissa, U.S.A.’ I have spent an instructive afternoon in the rector’s library, and have enlarged my knowledge by adding the fact that Vermissa is a flourishing little town at the head of one of the best known coal and iron valleys in the United States.
“Well, Decapitator, Guardian of the State, Royalist, Brutus, what is the matter?” said one.
“Well, state your case, Mr.
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