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change of state
change of stateThe physical process where matter moves from one state to another. Examples of such changes are melting, evaporation, boiling, condensation, freezing, crystallization, and sublimation.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristicschange - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"aeration - the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescentpassage, transition - the act of passing from one state or place to the nextmeddling, tampering - the act of altering something secretly or improperlytransfer, transference - the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"nullification, override - the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of somethingreversal - a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"arousal, rousing - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"seasoning - the act of adding a seasoning to foodinfusion - the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent"improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"beautification - the act of making something more beautifuldecoration - the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)worsening - changing something with the result that it becomes worsedegradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)change of color - an act that changes the light that something reflectsdirtying, soiling, soilure - the act of soiling somethingwetting - the act of making something wetchewing, mastication, chew, manduction - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallowdefoliation - causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)specialization, specialisation - the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purposespiritualisation, spiritualization - the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content |
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Words related to change of statenoun the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristicsRelated Words- change
- aeration
- passage
- transition
- meddling
- tampering
- transfer
- transference
- ending
- termination
- conclusion
- nullification
- override
- reversal
- commencement
- start
- beginning
- arousal
- rousing
- cookery
- cooking
- preparation
- seasoning
- infusion
- improvement
- beautification
- decoration
- worsening
- degradation
- debasement
- change of color
- dirtying
- soiling
- soilure
- wetting
- chewing
- mastication
- chew
- manduction
- defoliation
- specialization
- specialisation
- spiritualisation
- spiritualization
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