phase
Meaning of phase
- 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
- 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.
- a genetic or seasonal variety of an animal's coloration.
the invertebrate residents of the tundra pass the winter in dormant phase
- 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
- 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
- (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.
- carry out (something) in gradual stages.
the work is being phased over a number of years
- 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’.
Information about phase
- The plural form of phase is: phases.
- Languages in which phase is used:
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Hyphenation of phase
phase
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- phase is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
phase synonyms
Meaning form:
Meaning stage:
Meaning a length or portion of time:
Meaning a distinctive period in history or in a person's life:
Meaning a finite period in which someone is affected by a specified illness:
Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:
Meaning a particular position or grade on an ascending or hierarchical scale:
Meaning a particular moment in time or stage in a process:
Meaning the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole:
Meaning a particular point in events or time:
Meaning a particular part or feature of something:
Meaning the external form, contours, or outline of someone or something:
Meaning the way that someone or something looks:
Meaning the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time:
Meaning the state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order:
Translation of phase
Anagrams of phase
ephas, Heaps, heaps, Pesah, pesah, Shape, shape
Words that rhyme with phase
Hase, Chase, bechase, chase, dischase, enchase, forchase, forechase, inchase, interchase, mispurchase, nonpurchase, outchase, overchase, overpurchase, prepurchase, propurchase, purchase, rechase, repurchase, steeplechase, springhase, Alkphase, Interphase, Premphase, Prometaphase, anaphase, antephase, antiphase, biphase, dephase, dicaryophase, dikaryophase, diphase, diplophase, emphase, haplophase, inphase, interphase, intraphase, menophase, mesophase, metaphase, monaphase, monophase, moonphase, multiphase, photophase, polyphase, prophase