State of Matter

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(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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synonym: state
plural: State of Matters
possessive: State of Matter's
pluralpossessive: State of Matters'

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