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State (cf.
status) commonly refers to either:
The ''present status'' of a system or entity:
State (physics) (list of 8 definitions), particularly in thermodynamics, statistical physics, and dynamical systems and chaos theory
State (computer science), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine
Program state, in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system
Medical state, one's current state of health, usually within a hospital setting
Mental state (disambiguation)
A ''governed nation'' (entity or sub-entity)
Sovereign state, a sovereign political entity in international public law
Federated state, a political entity forming part of a federal sovereign state ''(includes a list)''
State (polity), the state in sociology and political science
Nation state, a state which coincides with a nation.
Rechtsstaat, the legal state (constitutional state, state subordinated to law) in philosophy of law and as principle of many national constitutions
Various meanings (organized by context)
:(Note: Partially redundant with the above)
State (physics) (list of 8 definitions), particularly in thermodynamics, statistical physics, and dynamical systems and chaos theory
Thermodynamic state, a set of physical quantities describing variable properties of a given thermodynamic system
State of matter, solid, liquid or vapour phases of matter
Chemical state, the electronic, chemical and physical nature of an element
Quantum state, in physics, the state of a quantum mechanical system given by a vector in the underlying Hilbert space
State (computer science), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine
Program state, in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system
State (controls), a term related to control theory
State (functional analysis), a positive linear functional on an operator algebra
State pattern, in computer science, a behavioral design pattern
Medical state, one's current state of health, usually within a hospital setting
Mental state (disambiguation)
Qualia, the philosophical treatment of mental states
Philosophy of mind, which covers the broader concepts of mental states
The World State, from ''Brave New World'' by Aldous Huxley
The State, from the works of Larry Niven
''State'' (magazine), an Irish monthly music magazine
''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
''The State'' (album), a music album by Nickelback
''The State'' (book), a book by German sociologist Franz Oppenheimer
''The State'' (TV series), a sketch comedy show on MTV
''The States'' (TV series), a documentary series on the United States
''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina
States Records, an American record label
State Theatre (disambiguation), the name of several theatres
The Estates or the States, a national assembly of the estates, a legislature
States-General (disambiguation)
Colloquially, the United States
State (theology), a degree or stage of perfection in the Christian religion
Construct state, in linguistics, a noun form occurring in Semitic languages
Adjectivally, or in the phrase ''"in state"'', a most elaborate ceremonial form, such as is appropriate to an occasion or personage formally representing the full power and authority of a political state, as in State Visit, State Dress, State Opening of Parliament, State Dinner, etc.
"State" is often used as a shorthand reference to a local college or university that has the word "State" in its name; for example, North Carolina State University or Michigan State University.
State (printmaking), a unique form of a print, caused by a deliberate change to a matrix
Church and State
Disposition
Status (disambiguation)
Territory
Jurisdiction (area), an area with a set of laws under the control of a system of courts which are different to neighbouring areas