PHASE

PHA ·SE 1 syllable

A2 · Elementary 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 10 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events
  2. (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system
  3. a particular point in the time of a cycle
  4. (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)

💬 Examples

  • "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
  • "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"
  • "measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle"

🔗 Similar words

stageformphase_angle
verb
  1. arrange in phases or stages
  2. adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition

💬 Examples

  • "phase a withdrawal"
  • "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"
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