bistate
Spanning two states
Bistate describes something involving or spanning two states: a bistate commission, a bistate water authority.
The term appears most often in American governmental and administrative contexts, where neighboring states coordinate on shared resources or infrastructure: The bistate agency manages the bridge connecting the two states.
Having two stable states
- equilibriumState of balance
- metastableStable but not permanently
- ferromagneticStrongly attracted to magnets
- hysteresisHistory-dependent system response
polarization · magnetization · threshold · activation · tunneling · bifurcation
Consisting of two parts
Semiconductor signal switch
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- switchingChanging from one to another
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- CMOSSemiconductor logic architecture
inverter · amplifier · saturation · cutoff · conduction · relay · thyristor · comparator
bistable
Having two stable states
- equilibriumState of balance
- metastableStable but not permanently
- ferromagneticStrongly attracted to magnets
hysteresis · polarization · magnetization · threshold · activation · tunneling · bifurcation
binary
Consisting of two parts
flip-flop · latch · gate · on · off · true · false · high · low · zero
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- switchingChanging from one to another
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
CMOS · inverter · amplifier · saturation · cutoff · conduction · relay · thyristor · comparator · signal
dual-mode
Having two operational states
- alternateOccur in succession
- configurationArrangement of parts
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
redundancy · backup · primary · secondary · standby · active · dormant · enabled · disabled · locked
bistateintrastate
Within one state
tristate · multistate · interstate · nationwide · national
state, estate, statement, stately, interstate, bilateral, statehood, binational