Any aid given by a state or government.

(rare) De facto official name of Japan under the Constitution of Japan (1947-)

A state of armed conflict between states, irrespective of a declaration of war.

(historical) Under the British Raj, a princely state whose ruler was granted a gun salute as a sign of status.

(physics) Any of those electronically excited states of an atom or molecule with energies that follow the Rydberg formula as they converge on an ionic state with an ionization energy.

(statistics) An equilibrium probability distribution which remains invariant under future evolution of the system.

A nickname for Kansas.

A nickname for Connecticut.

A country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control from another country.

A nickname for Iowa.