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state of matter
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Definition: (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); "the solid state of water is called ice"
Definition: Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed