Meaning

12 senses
  1. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

    Phase

    фа́заfáza

    фа́заfáza

    any distinct time period in a sequence of events

  2. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.

    фа́заfáza, ста́дияstádija, пери́одperíod

  3. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.

    The problem has many phases.

    аспе́ктaspékt, сторона́storoná

  4. 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

    фа́заfáza

    фа́заfáza

    (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)

  5. 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.

    фа́заfáza

    фа́заfáza

  6. 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.

    фа́заfáza

    (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

  7. 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.

  8. The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.

  9. A haplotype.

  10. 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.

  11. A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies

  12. In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.

Examples

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  1. It's probably just a phase.

    Це, мабуть, лише етап розвитку.

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  2. Phase one is complete.

    Перший етап закінчено.

    dePhase eins ist abgeschlossen.

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  3. We've now entered the final phase.

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  4. We are entering a new phase in the war.

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  5. Tom is just going through a phase.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
distinguishable part of a sequence:
Русский
By meaning 3
distinguishable part of a sequence:
that which is exhibited to the eye:
aspect of an object or view:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
distinguishable part of a sequence:

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin phasis, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”),

Borrowed from New Latin phasis, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”), from φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-, root of φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light; to appear”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs).

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Forms

plural: phases
Singularphase
Pluralphases

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (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:form
  • a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle:phase angle
  • any distinct time period in a sequence of events:stage

Word family

100 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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