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Phase   /feɪz/   Listen
Phase

noun
(pl. phases)
1.
Any distinct time period in a sequence of events.  Synonym: stage.
2.
(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.  Synonym: form.
3.
A particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle.  Synonym: phase angle.
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).
verb
1.
Arrange in phases or stages.
2.
Adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition.



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"Phase" Quotes from Famous Books



... this species have a public as well as a private phase. My 'boyhood's home,' Dullborough, presents a case in point. An Immortal Somebody was wanted in Dullborough, to dimple for a day the stagnant face of the waters; he was rather wanted by Dullborough generally, and much wanted by the principal hotel- keeper. The County history was looked ...
— The Uncommercial Traveller • Charles Dickens
... this phase of Gogol's laughter, because Gogol in his "Dead Souls" unconsciously recognized that behind everything laughable there is at bottom not a comedy but a tragedy; that at bottom it is the cold head only which laughs, and not the warm heart. Think, and thou shalt laugh; feel, and thou ...
— Lectures on Russian Literature - Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy • Ivan Panin
... General Washington makes no mention of this phase of the affair, and does not show whether the German submarine gave any warning to the commander of the Russian merchant ship before firing the shot which destroyed the latter vessel. The official message says that ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 • Various
... the committee appointed to investigate the "Replacement of Male by Female Labor." The committee found itself in entire disagreement with the opinion that the increased employment of women was a passing phase, and made recommendations bearing on such measures as improved technical training for girls as well as for boys, a minimum wage for unskilled men as well as women, equal pay for equal work, and the abolition of "half-timers." But while it was obvious that the greatest asset of belligerent ...
— Mobilizing Woman-Power • Harriot Stanton Blatch
... quite suddenly, as a new phase of his duties seemed to occur to him, and I found myself edged back towards ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917. • Various


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