ground state
Minimum energy configuration
Ground state is the lowest energy level of an atom, molecule, or other physical system—its most stable configuration.
In quantum mechanics, particles occupy the ground state unless excited by external energy.
The concept extends metaphorically to baseline conditions: After the crisis passed, we returned to our ground state of mild anxiety.
Negative subatomic particle
- orbitalRevolving around another
- wavefunctionQuantum state's mathematical representation
- eigenstateOperator-invariant quantum state
- energy levelAmount of vitality available
hydrogen atom · Schrodinger equation · superposition · quantum mechanics · spectroscopy · atomic structure · valence · quantum number
State of balance
- stableSecure and unchanging
- restingIn a state of stillness
- dormantInactive but capable
- quiescentInactive but capable
baseline · minimum · relaxed · zero-point · thermal equilibrium · decay · spontaneous emission
Structural form or arrangement
- isomerSame formula, different shape
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
- bondingForming close connections
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
molecule · reactivity · stereochemistry · activation energy · vibrational · rotational
Half-integer spin particle
- bosonInteger-spin subatomic particle
- condensateGas turned to liquid
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- HeisenbergGerman quantum theorist
uncertainty principle · particle physics · entanglement · vacuum · annihilation
electron
Negative subatomic particle
- orbitalRevolving around another
- wavefunctionQuantum state's mathematical representation
- eigenstateOperator-invariant quantum state
energy level · hydrogen atom · Schrodinger equation · superposition · quantum mechanics · spectroscopy · atomic structure · valence · quantum number · degeneracy
equilibrium
State of balance
quiescent · baseline · minimum · relaxed · zero-point · thermal equilibrium · decay · spontaneous emission
conformation
Structural form or arrangement
- isomerSame formula, different shape
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
- bondingForming close connections
geometry · molecule · reactivity · stereochemistry · activation energy · vibrational · rotational
fermion
Half-integer spin particle
- bosonInteger-spin subatomic particle
- condensateGas turned to liquid
- spinRapid rotation around axis
Heisenberg · uncertainty principle · particle physics · entanglement · vacuum · annihilation
- atomic physicsatom, atoms, atomic nucleus, electron, atomic number
- atomic scienceatom, electron, proton, neutron, nucleus
- photochemistryphotochemistry, light absorption, photon, photons, fluorescence
- atomic propertiesatomic number, atomic mass, atomic weight, electronegativity, valence electrons
- quantum statesqubit, singlet, triplet, entangled, coherent
- quantum transitionsquantum jump, quantum leap, energy levels, spontaneous emission, excitation
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