PHASE
Definition:
- [noun] (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; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"
Synonyms: form
- [noun] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
Synonyms: stage
- [noun] a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
Synonyms: angle
- [noun] (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); "the full phase of the moon"
- [verb] arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"
- [verb] adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"
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Related Words:
- dispersed phase, dispersed particles
- dispersing phase, dispersion medium, dispersing medium
- diakinesis
- diplotene
- leptotene
- pachytene
- phase of cell division
- zygotene
- anal stage, anal phase
- genital stage, genital phase
- latency stage, latency phase, latency period
- oral stage, oral phase
- phallic stage, phallic phase
- chapter
- incubation
- fertile period, fertile phase
- menstrual phase
- musth
- secretory phase, luteal phase
- generation
- apogee, culmination
- seedtime
- safe period
- phase of the moon
