state of matter

1. One of the four principal conditions in which matter exists—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

2. See also phase phase transition

Example Sentences

It relies on heating and pressurising water to such a high degree that it enters a new state of matter: a so-called supercritical state.

From BBC

This new state of matter called the Majorana zero mode is made up of quasiparticles, which act as their own particle and antiparticle.

From Salon

It uses the newly developed material to create a new state of matter- a so-called "topological state" which isn't a gas, liquid or solid and, until relatively recently, had existed only in theory.

From BBC

If those seem like incompatible states of matter, you haven’t been keeping up.

From Salon

In the new study, researchers describe the properties of a novel ruthenium-based material that opens up new pathways for exploring these states of matter.

From Science Daily