ground state
noun
: the state of a physical system (as of an atomic nucleus or an atom) having the least energy of all the possible states
called also ground level
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Battle-ground state Pennsylvania sets the stage for a Maga-bashing speech from President Joe Biden tonight. 
Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Individual fragment are solved quantumly, then all the fragment solutions are recombined as the ground state for the molecule’s entirety. Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Since isomers are present in stars, nuclear reactions are different than if a material were in its ground state. Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation, 24 May 2022 To show that the qubits are actually useful, the researchers use their two-qubit setup to calculate the ground state energy of molecular hydrogen. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2022 The quasiparticles are expected to quickly lose energy and so won't be able to transfer enough to raise a qubit from its ground state to its excited state. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2021 But, in a stand-your-ground state such as Florida, Zimmerman had a lawful right to patrol the neighborhood near Martin’s home. Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021 An array of lasers is used to cool the ion to its quantum ground state, where the momentum and position uncertainties of the ion are at their minimum. Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2021 In Aspelmeyer’s experiment, the particle was in its ground state 70% of the time on average. Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021 See More
Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Individual fragment are solved quantumly, then all the fragment solutions are recombined as the ground state for the molecule’s entirety. Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Since isomers are present in stars, nuclear reactions are different than if a material were in its ground state. Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation, 24 May 2022 To show that the qubits are actually useful, the researchers use their two-qubit setup to calculate the ground state energy of molecular hydrogen. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2022 The quasiparticles are expected to quickly lose energy and so won't be able to transfer enough to raise a qubit from its ground state to its excited state. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2021 But, in a stand-your-ground state such as Florida, Zimmerman had a lawful right to patrol the neighborhood near Martin’s home. Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021 An array of lasers is used to cool the ion to its quantum ground state, where the momentum and position uncertainties of the ion are at their minimum. Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2021 In Aspelmeyer’s experiment, the particle was in its ground state 70% of the time on average. Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above