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(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: sync, synchronize |
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(verb) arrange in phases or stages: "phase a withdrawal" |
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Related Words: arrange, bring about, stage |
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(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" |
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Related Words: appearance, phase of the moon, visual aspect |
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(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" |
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Related Words: state, state of matter |
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(noun) a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle |
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Synonyms: phase angle |
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Related Words: point, point in time |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: stage |
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Related Words: amount of time, apogee, chapter, culmination, diakinesis, diplotene, leptotene, luteal phase, menstrual phase, pachytene, period, period of time, phase of cell division, safe period, secretory phase, seedtime, time period, zygotene |
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