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degenerate state

noun

  1. Usually degenerate states. Physics. a quantum state of a system, having the same energy level as, but a different wave function from, another state of the system.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of degenerate state1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

It offered one more assurance, had I needed it, of the degenerate state of the civilization upon which I was turning my back.

This is then the degenerate state of the father's nervous system.

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