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English noun: phase | |||
| 1. | phase (time) any distinct time period in a sequence of events | ||
| Samples | We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected. | ||
| Synonyms | stage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anal phase, anal stage, apogee, chapter, culmination, diakinesis, diplotene, fertile period, fertile phase, generation, genital phase, genital stage, incubation, latency period, latency phase, latency stage, leptotene, luteal phase, menstrual phase, musth, oral phase, oral stage, pachytene, phallic phase, phallic stage, phase of cell division, safe period, secretory phase, seedtime, zygotene | ||
| 2. | phase (state) (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 | ||
| Samples | The reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system. | ||
| Synonyms | form | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state, state of matter | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dispersed particles, dispersed phase, dispersing medium, dispersing phase, dispersion medium | ||
| Domain category | physical chemistry | ||
| 3. | phase (time) a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | ||
| Synonyms | phase angle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point, point in time | ||
| Part meronym | cycle, rhythm, round | ||
| 4. | phase (attribute) (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) | ||
| Samples | The full phase of the moon. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appearance, visual aspect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | phase of the moon | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
English verb: phase | |||
| 1. | phase (creation) arrange in phases or stages | ||
| Samples | Phase a withdrawal. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, stage | ||
| 2. | phase (change) adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition | ||
| Samples | He phased the intake with the output of the machine. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sync, synchronise, synchronize | ||
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