Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun state_change
1 sense of state change
Sense 1
phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change -- (a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition)
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity")