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degenerate state
noun
- 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.
From Project Gutenberg
This is then the degenerate state of the father's nervous system.
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