Third-person singular simple present indicative form of state

(political philosophy) A government with the least necessary power over its citizens.

(physics) A superposition of the most extreme states possible in a system, analogous with Schrödinger's cat, which is in a superposition of "dead" and "alive".

simple past tense and past participle of state

Expressed in a statement; uttered or written. / Settled; established; fixed. / Recurring at a regular time; not occasional.

(physics) Of, or relating to statistical mechanics.

Alternative spelling of city state

(slang) A place to urinate: a urinal or toilet.

A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.

(physics) any state of a particle or system of particles that has a higher energy than that of its ground state