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- 1 Passover obsolete
- 1 A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
- 2 (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun) wordnet
- 3 That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
- 4 (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary wordnet
- 5 Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
"The problem has many phases."
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- 6 a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle wordnet
- 7 A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of a body's illuminated disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.
"the phases of the moon"
- 8 any distinct time period in a sequence of events wordnet
- 9 Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
- 10 A component in a material system that is distinguished by chemical composition and/or physical state (solid, liquid or gas) and/or crystal structure. It is delineated from an adjoining phase by an abrupt change in one or more of those conditions.
- 11 In certain organisms, one of two or more colour variations characteristic of the species, but independent of the ordinary seasonal and sexual differences, and often also of age.
- 12 The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
"When Romania did manage to string together some phases midway through the first half, England's discipline held firm, although on the whole it was a less focused display from the Six Nations champions in the second half."
- 13 A haplotype.
- 14 The counterclockwise angle from the positive half of the real number line to the vector pointing to a complex number on an Argand diagram of the complex plane, which has the positive real line pointing right and the positive imaginary number line pointing up.
- 15 A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies
- 16 In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.
- 1 To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
"The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in."
- 2 Alternative spelling of faze alt-of, alternative, proscribed
- 3 adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition wordnet
- 4 To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known. informal, transitive
- 5 arrange in phases or stages wordnet
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- 6 To pass into or through a solid object.
"Anyone who has lost their way in cyberspace—realizing they have just phased into what they had previously categorized as 'solid' matter—will understand this example."
- 7 To use a phaser.
Etymology
From New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear”); compare phantasm and see face.
From New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear”); compare phantasm and see face.
From Latin phase (“passover”), Phasa, from Hebrew פָּסַח (pésach).
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