Phases

Meaning of Phases

plural noun
  1. a distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development.
    the final phases of the war
    the draw for the qualifying phase of the tournament was held over the weekend
    phase two of the development
  2. each of the aspects of the moon or a planet, according to the amount of its illumination, especially the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon, and the last quarter.
  3. a genetic or seasonal variety of an animal's coloration.
    the invertebrate residents of the tundra pass the winter in dormant phase
  4. a distinct and homogeneous form of matter (i.e. a particular solid, liquid, or gas) separated by its surface from other forms.
    solid carbon dioxide passes directly into the gas phase without becoming a liquid
  5. the relationship in time between the successive states or cycles of an oscillating or repeating system (such as an alternating electric current or a light or sound wave) and either a fixed reference point or the states or cycles of another system with which it may or may not be in synchrony.
    there are two output channels, one fixed in phase and the other variable in phase between 0 and 360 degrees
  6. (in systemic grammar) the relationship between a catenative verb and the verb that follows it, as in she hoped to succeed and I like swimming.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. carry out (something) in gradual stages.
    the work is being phased over a number of years
  2. adjust the phase of (something), especially so as to synchronize it with something else.
    about 70% of the reflections were phased by this method

early 19th century (in phase (sense 2 of the noun)): from French phase, based on Greek phasis ‘appearance’, from the base of phainein ‘to show’.

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Hyphenation of Phases

Phases

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Phases is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Phases synonyms

Meaning a point, period, or step in a process or development:

stage

Meaning a length or portion of time:

period

Meaning a distinctive period in history or in a person's life:

chapter

Meaning a finite period in which someone is affected by a specified illness:

episode

Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:

part

Meaning a particular position or grade on an ascending or hierarchical scale:

step

Meaning a particular moment in time or stage in a process:

point

Meaning the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole:

time

Meaning a particular point in events or time:

juncture

Meaning a particular part or feature of something:

aspect

Meaning the external form, contours, or outline of someone or something:

shape

Meaning the visible shape or configuration of something:

form

Meaning the way that someone or something looks:

appearance

Meaning the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time:

state

Meaning the state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order:

condition

Anagrams of Phases

pashes, shapes

Words that rhyme with Phases

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