CHANGE OF STATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does change of state mean? 

• CHANGE OF STATE (noun)
  The noun CHANGE OF STATE has 1 sense:

1. the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

  Familiarity information: CHANGE OF STATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANGE OF STATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("change of state" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "change of state"):

improvement (the act of improving something)

spiritualisation; spiritualization (the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content)

specialisation; specialization (the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose)

defoliation (causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals))

chew; chewing; manduction; mastication (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)

wetting (the act of making something wet)

dirtying; soiling; soilure (the act of soiling something)

change of color (an act that changes the light that something reflects)

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

worsening (changing something with the result that it becomes worse)

decoration (the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive))

beautification (the act of making something more beautiful)

aeration (the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent)

infusion (the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality)

seasoning (the act of adding a seasoning to food)

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

arousal; rousing (the act of arousing)

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

reversal (a change from one state to the opposite state)

nullification; override (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

transfer; transference (the act of transfering something from one form to another)

meddling; tampering (the act of altering something secretly or improperly)

passage; transition (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)

 Context examples 

Each event occurs at an instant in time and marks a change of state in a system.

(Discrete Modeling, NCI Thesaurus)