Definition of Phase angle

1. Noun. A particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle.

Exact synonyms: Phase
Generic synonyms: Point, Point In Time
Group relationships: Cycle, Rhythm, Round
Derivative terms: Phase

Medical Definition of Phase angle

1. The angular equivalent of the time displacement between corresponding points on two sine waves of the same frequency. (05 Aug 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phase Angle

phase
phase-amplitude contrast
phase-contrast microscope
phase-locked loop
phase-shift keying
phase I
phase II
phase III
phase III clinical trial
phase II block
phase II clinical trial
phase IV
phase IV clinical trials
phase I block
phase I clinical trial
phase angle (current term)
phase change
phase contrast
phase contrast microscope
phase contrast microscopy
phase diagram
phase encoding
phase function
phase functions
phase image
phase in
phase inverter
phase modulation
phase modulator
phase modulators

Literary usage of Phase angle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"Errors in Ratio and in phase angle. — The various methods used for the determination of the ratio and the phase angle in a potential transformer may be best ..."

2. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"There is no means of making even an approximate adjustment for the variation of the phase angle. DETERMINATION OF THE RATIOS AND phase angleS OF INSTRUMENT ..."

3. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"There is no means of making even an approximate adjustment for the variation of the phase angle. DETERMINATION OF THE RATIOS AND phase angleS OF INSTRUMENT ..."

4. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"There is no means of making even an approximate adjustment for the variation of the phase angle. . DETERMINATION OF THE RATIOS AND phase angleS OF ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1912)
"torque depends upon EI cos (0 + <j>) where <£ is the transformer phase angle, the error will vary with the line power-factor, and since the transformer ..."

6. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"Phase-angle corrections do not apply to voltmeter readings but only to the indications of wattmeters and power-factor meters which are affected by change of ..."

7. Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1916)
"9, by vector OE = E at phase angle EOA = a. As the current lags by phase ... 9, by vector 01 = I, under phase angle 0 = 10A. The equations of voltage and ..."

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