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- noun physics Any of the different
phases of matter whoseproperties are dependent on themotions andforces of themolecules of which they arecomposed
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- noun (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)
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