"a state of matter", no boiling water is not a "state of matter"
It's a state that matter can be in. Which is not the same as the technical compound word "state of matter".
Which is why "state of matter" is, itself, often in the dictionary, possibly to the dismay of the Team Single Word in this comment section.
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It's a state that matter can be in. Which is not the same as the technical compound word "state of matter".
Which is why "state of matter" is, itself, often in the dictionary, possibly to the dismay of the Team Single Word in this comment section.