state change
Matter altering form
A state change is a transition from one condition to another.
In physics and chemistry, it refers to matter shifting between solid, liquid, and gas phases: Water undergoes a state change when it freezes.
In computing, a state change occurs when a system or variable moves from one defined condition to another: The button click triggers a state change in the application.
The term appears wherever systems have discrete, identifiable conditions that can shift.
- transformationThorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
- phase transitionMatter shifting between states
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
freezing · evaporation · condensation · shift · flux · metamorphosis · solidify · liquify · boiling · boiling point · thaw · crystallize · sublimation · convert · transmute · morph · alter · becoming
- matter statessolid, plasma, vapor, gaseous, fluid
- phase changesphase transition, sublimation, solidification, liquefaction, vaporization
- transmutationstransformation, transmutation, metamorphosis, conversion, mutation
state changestasis
State of inactivity
equilibrium · stability · constancy · steady state · permanence
state changechemical reaction
Molecular bond rearrangement process
chemical change · decomposition · combustion · oxidation · synthesis
state changerest
Cessation of activity
standstill · immobility · dormancy · quiescence · suspension
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