A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time. • A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system. • A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances. • The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle. • The set of all parameters relevant to a computation. • The values of all parameters at some point in a computation. • The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma. • 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. • High social standing or circumstance. • Pomp, ceremony, or dignity. • Rank; condition; quality. • Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance. • A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. • A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince. • Estate, possession. • A polity or community. • 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. • A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India. • A form of government other than a monarchy. • A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government. • An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process. • The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.