microstates
Very small countries
Microstates are very small independent nations, typically with tiny populations and limited territory.
Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Vatican City are European examples.
In physics and chemistry, microstates are the specific configurations that particles can occupy at a given energy level—the more microstates available, the higher a system's entropy.
Tiny European nation
- LiechtensteinSmall nation between Switzerland, Austria
- AndorraPyrenean European microstate
- San MarinoLandlocked republic within Italy
- VaticanPapal city-state
Luxembourg · Malta · Tuvalu · Nauru · Palau · Seychelles · Maldives · Grenada
Entropy-probability linking physicist
- GibbsEnglish family name
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- canonicalAccepted as standard
degeneracy · probability distribution · energy distribution · fluctuations · configuration · multiplicity
Quantum state's mathematical representation
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- energy levelsGradations of physical vitality
- measurementDetermining size or amount
decoherence · coherence · interference · excitation · qubit · observable · collapse
Monaco
Tiny European nation
- LiechtensteinSmall nation between Switzerland, Austria
- AndorraPyrenean European microstate
- San MarinoLandlocked republic within Italy
Vatican · Luxembourg · Malta · Tuvalu · Nauru · Palau · Seychelles · Maldives · Grenada · Dominica
Boltzmann
Entropy-probability linking physicist
canonical · degeneracy · probability distribution · energy distribution · fluctuations · configuration · multiplicity
wavefunction
Quantum state's mathematical representation
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- energy levelsGradations of physical vitality
measurement · decoherence · coherence · interference · excitation · qubit · observable · collapse
- territoriesprovince, region, country, colony, dominion
- entropydisorder, randomness, dissipation, irreversibility, thermodynamics
- geography termsmap, atlas, globe, compass, coordinates
- Geographic Termsterritory, borders, boundaries, region, zone
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship
- European RegionsEastern Europe, Bavaria, Scandinavia, Western Europe, Balkans
microstatessuperpowers
Capabilities beyond human limits
great powers · empires · hegemons · world powers · Russia