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energy state Meaning of "energy state"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a definite stable energy that a physical system can have; used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules

Usage(s):

  1. When an atom is bombarded with electromagnetic radiation -- in this case microwaves -- it shifts into a new energy state.
  2. They transmit on their own characteristic frequencies whenever they change from one energy state to another.
  3. An act of creative thinking, he argues, could be the outward manifestation of neurons making quantum jumps from one energy state to another.
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