the way something is with respect to its main attributes | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
a politically organized body of people under a single government | the way two individuals relate to each other |
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object |
the territory occupied by a nation | |
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | |
a state of depression or agitation | |
(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) | |