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“state”
(a suffix that forms abstract and collective nouns added to adjectives to show state or condition; added to nouns to show a position, rank, or realm of; all of those who are part of a group or organization)
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city-state
An independent and sovereign city and its surrounding tributary territories. It is most typically used in referring to specific political entities of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia.
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Archeology, Archaeology
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state-of-charge; SOC
The available capacity remaining in the battery, expressed as a percentage of the rated capacity.
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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steady-state theory
1. A theory of the evolution of the universe that states that the universe has always been in the state it is now, which leads to the implication that the universe has no origin, but has always existed.
2. A rival theory to that of the Big Bang which claims that the universe has no origin but is expanding because new matter is being created continuously throughout the universe.
2. A rival theory to that of the Big Bang which claims that the universe has no origin but is expanding because new matter is being created continuously throughout the universe.
The theory was proposed in 1948 by Austrian-born British cosmologist Hermann Bondi, Austrian-born U.S. astronomer and physicist Thomas Gold, and English astronomer Fred Hoyle, but this concept was challenged in 1965 by the discovery of cosmic background radiation and is now largely rejected by scientists.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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valence level energy/valence state; bound state
Energy content of an electron in orbit about an atomic nucleus.
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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