phase
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- n any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- n (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 - n a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
- n (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 - v arrange in phases or stages
phase a withdrawal - v adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
he phased the intake with the output of the machine
- SHAIGAN AFP Getty The second phase plays out in a boycott of goods advertised on state-controlled television.
- The Federal Trade Commission's three-year-old investigation of the electric light, gas, power industry is now in its second, most politically explosive phase.
- When musicologists of the future start rummaging through the LP artifacts of the '60s, they will be able to discern several distinct phases in the stylistic evolution of the .