state

noun

1. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
2. A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
3. A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
4. The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
5. The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
6. The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
7. The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
8. Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
9. Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
10. Rank; condition; quality.
11. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
12. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
13. A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
14. Estate, possession.
15. A sovereign country or city state with a central government acting as its head and operator; national issues and affairs as opposed to local ones.
16. A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
17. A form of government other than a monarchy.
18. A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
19. An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
20. The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.