We found 2 definitions of change of state from 2 different sources.
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change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | ||
change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
aeration the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent | ||
transition, passage a passage that connects a topic to one that follows | ||
meddling, tampering the act of altering something secretly or improperly | ||
transference, transfer (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst | ||
ending, termination, conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
nullification, override the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something | ||
reversal a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function" | ||
commencement, beginning, start an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | ||
rousing, arousal the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" | ||
cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | ||
seasoning the act of adding a seasoning to food | ||
infusion the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent" | ||
improvement the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" | ||
beautification the act of making something more beautiful | ||
decoration the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) | ||
worsening changing something with the result that it becomes worse | ||
debasement, degradation changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | ||
change of color an act that changes the light that something reflects | ||
dirtying, soiling, soilure the act of soiling something | ||
wetting the act of making something wet | ||
chewing, mastication, chew, manduction biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | ||
defoliation causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals) | ||
specialisation, specialization the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" |