information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | the way something is with respect to its main attributes |
the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state |
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | the territory occupied by a nation |
a state at a particular time | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing | a state of depression or agitation |
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |
an illness, disease, or other medical problem | |