phase
A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over timeA distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
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Examples
79 sentencesIt's probably just a phase.
Це, мабуть, лише етап розвитку. — deniko
Phase one is complete.
Перший етап закінчено. — deniko
dePhase eins ist abgeschlossen. — dinkel_girl
We've now entered the final phase.
Meaning
12 sensesA distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
Phase
фа́заfáza
фа́заfáza
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
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
Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
The problem has many phases.
аспе́ктaspékt, сторона́storoná
More meanings 9
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
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
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
The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
A haplotype.
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.
A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies
In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.
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.
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: phasesSynonyms
5 synonyms- any distinct time period in a sequence of events:stage
- (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
Word family
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