A State is recognitions fixed under a Profile’s Flow — how things are right now.
A State is what remains fixed under a Profile’s Flow — the structures that directed transformation does not (currently) change. Where Flow is directed transformation and Nucleus is closure, a State is the snapshot of what holds right now within a Profile.
Flow applied to a State is Evolution — how the state changes. Nucleus applied to a State is Measurement — how the state is observed. These two operations interact through Residuation.