In statistical mechanics, a **microstate** refers to a specific, detailed configuration of a system that describes the exact state of all its particles, including their positions and momenta. Each microstate gives a complete specification of the physical state of the system at a given time. The concept of microstates is crucial for understanding how macroscopic properties of systems emerge from the behavior of their microscopic components. A key idea is that a macroscopic system can be in many different microstates.
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