|
|
Definition of Phase
1. 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"
Specialized synonyms: Diakinesis, Diplotene, Leptotene, Pachytene, Phase Of Cell Division, Zygotene, Anal Phase, Anal Stage, Genital Phase, Genital Stage, Latency Period, Latency Phase, Latency Stage, Oral Phase, Oral Stage, Phallic Phase, Phallic Stage, Chapter, Incubation, Fertile Period, Fertile Phase, Menstrual Phase, Musth, Luteal Phase, Secretory Phase, Generation, Apogee, Culmination, Seedtime, Safe Period
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
2. Verb. Arrange in phases or stages. "Phase a withdrawal"
3. 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"
Category relationships: Physical Chemistry
Generic synonyms: State, State Of Matter
Specialized synonyms: Dispersed Particles, Dispersed Phase, Dispersing Medium, Dispersing Phase, Dispersion Medium
4. Verb. Adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition. "He phased the intake with the output of the machine"
5. Noun. A particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle.
Generic synonyms: Point, Point In Time
Group relationships: Cycle, Rhythm, Round
6. 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"
Category relationships: Astronomy, Uranology
Specialized synonyms: Phase Of The Moon
Definition of Phase
1. n. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
2. n. A homogenous, physically distinct portion of matter in a system not homogeneous; as, the three phases, ice, water, and aqueous vapor. A phase may be either a single chemical substance or a mixture, as of gases.
3. v. t. To disturb the composure of; to disconcert; to nonplus.
Definition of Phase
1. to plan or carry out by phases (distinct stages of development) [v PHASED, PHASING, PHASES] : PHASEAL, PHASIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Phase
1. Any one of the varying aspects or stages through which a disease or process may pass. Origin: Gr. Phasis = an appearance This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phase
Other Resources:
Ido