name
Meaning 1
Passover
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
phase
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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fāz
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/feɪz/
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rhymes with -eɪz
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homophone: faze
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CMU ARPABET: F EY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The problem has many phases.
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noun
Meaning 5
A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of a body's illuminated disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
- the phases of the moon
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noun
Meaning 6
Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 7
A component in a material system that is distinguished by chemical composition and/or physical state (solid, liquid or gas) and/or crystal structure. It is delineated from an adjoining phase by an abrupt change in one or more of those conditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
In certain organisms, one of two or more colour variations characteristic of the species, but independent of the ordinary seasonal and sexual differences, and often also of age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 9
The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: rugby union
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noun
Meaning 10
A haplotype.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
The counterclockwise angle from the positive half of the real number line to the vector pointing to a complex number on an Argand diagram of the complex plane, which has the positive real line pointing right and the positive imaginary number line pointing up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: argument
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 13
In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: line conductor
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.
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verb
Meaning 15
To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 16
To pass into or through a solid object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 17
To use a phaser.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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verb
Meaning 18
Alternative spelling of faze
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, proscribed
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noun
Meaning 19
(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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the full phase of the moon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appearance, visual aspect
Narrower terms: phase of the moon
noun
Meaning 20
(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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: form
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state of matter, state
Narrower terms: dispersed phase, dispersed particles, dispersing phase, dispersion medium, dispersing medium
noun
Meaning 21
a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phase angle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point, point in time
noun
Meaning 22
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: diakinesis, diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, phase of cell division, zygotene, anal stage, anal phase, genital stage, genital phase, latency stage, latency phase, latency period, oral stage, oral phase, phallic stage, phallic phase, chapter, incubation, fertile period, fertile phase, menstrual phase, musth, secretory phase, luteal phase, generation, apogee, culmination, seedtime, safe period
verb
Meaning 23
adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he phased the intake with the output of the machine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: synchronize, synchronise, sync
verb
Meaning 24
arrange in phases or stages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- phase a withdrawal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stage, arrange
History
Etymology
From Latin phase (“passover”), Phasa, from Hebrew פָּסַח (pésach).
From New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear”); compare phantasm and see face.
Across languages
Translations
135 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: fazë — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Arabic: مَرْحَلَة (marḥala) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Armenian: փուլ (pʻul) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Azerbaijani: mərhələ — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Belarusian: фа́за (fáza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Bulgarian: фа́за (fáza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Burmese: အဆင့် (a.hcang.) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Catalan: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Chinese Mandarin: 階段 /阶段 (jiēduàn) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Czech: fáze — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Danish: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Dutch: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Esperanto: fazo — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Estonian: faas — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Finnish: vaihe — distinguishable part of a sequence
- French: phase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Georgian: ფაზა (paza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- German: Phase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Greek: φάση (fási) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Ancient Greek: βαθμός (bathmós) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Hebrew: שָׁלָב \ שְׁלָב (shaláv, sh'láv) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Hebrew: פאזה — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Hindi: चरण (caraṇ) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Hungarian: fázis — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Indonesian: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Italian: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Italian: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Japanese: 段階 (dankai) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Kazakh: фаза (faza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Kazakh: кезең (kezeñ) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Khmer: វគ្គ (vĕək) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Khmer: ផាស (phaah) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Korean: 단계 (dan'gye) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Northern Kurdish: qonax — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Kyrgyz: фаза (faza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Kyrgyz: баскыч (baskıc) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Lao: ຂັ້ນ (khan) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Lao: ກ້າວ (kāo) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Latvian: fāze — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Lithuanian: fazė — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Macedonian: фаза (faza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Malay: fasa — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Mongolian: үелэл (üjelel) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Mongolian: үе (üje) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Mongolian: үе шат (üje šat) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Mongolian: фаз (faz) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Norwegian Bokmål: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Iranian Persian: فاز (fâz) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Iranian Persian: مَرْحَلِه (marhale) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Polish: faza — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Portuguese: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Romanian: fază — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Russian: фа́за (fáza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Serbo-Croatian: фа́за — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Serbo-Croatian: fáza — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Slovak: fáza — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Slovene: faza — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Spanish: fase — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Swedish: fas — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Tagalog: yugto — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Tajik: марҳала (marhala) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Thai: ระยะ (rá-yá) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Thai: เฟส (fèes) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Thai: วัฏภาค (wát-dtà-pâak) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Turkish: aşama — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Turkish: devre — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Turkish: evre — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Ottoman Turkish: باصامق (basamak) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Ottoman Turkish: مرتبه (mertebe) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Turkmen: faza — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Ukrainian: фа́за (fáza) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Urdu: مَرْحَلَہ (marhala) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Uyghur: باسقۇچ (basquch) — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Uzbek: davr — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Uzbek: faza — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Uzbek: bosqich — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Vietnamese: giai đoạn — distinguishable part of a sequence
- Armenian: փուլ (pʻul) — that which is exhibited to the eye
- Finnish: näkymä — that which is exhibited to the eye
- Indonesian: wujud — that which is exhibited to the eye
- Russian: фа́за (fáza) — that which is exhibited to the eye
- Russian: ста́дия (stádija) — that which is exhibited to the eye
- Russian: пери́од (períod) — that which is exhibited to the eye
- Finnish: puoli — aspect of an object or view
- Italian: aspetto — aspect of an object or view
- Italian: faccia — aspect of an object or view
- Russian: аспе́кт (aspékt) — aspect of an object or view
- Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — aspect of an object or view
- Armenian: փուլ (pʻul) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Belarusian: фа́за (fáza) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Bulgarian: фа́за (fáza) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Catalan: fase — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Czech: fáze — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Dutch: fase — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Esperanto: fazo — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Finnish: vaihe — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Georgian: ფაზა (paza) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Italian: fase — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Navajo: łahgo ánááʼniił — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Persian: نمود (nemud) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Persian: اهله (ahalle) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Persian: فاشیش (fâšiš) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Persian: فاسیس (fâsis) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Romanian: fază — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Russian: фа́за (fáza) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Spanish: fase — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Swedish: fas — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Tagalog: yugto — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Ukrainian: фа́за (fáza) — astronomy: particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle
- Armenian: փուլ (pʻul) — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Belarusian: фа́за (fáza) — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Bulgarian: фа́за (fáza) — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Catalan: fase — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Czech: fáze — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Dutch: fase — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Finnish: vaihe — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Georgian: ფაზა (paza) — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Hindi: प्रावस्था (prāvasthā) — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Ido: fazo — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Polish: faza — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Portuguese: fase — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Romanian: fază — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Russian: фа́за (fáza) — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Spanish: fase — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Tagalog: yugto — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Ukrainian: фа́за (fáza) — physics: point or portion in a recurring series of changes
- Belarusian: фа́за (fáza) — chemistry: component in a material system
- Bulgarian: фа́за (fáza) — chemistry: component in a material system
- Finnish: faasi — chemistry: component in a material system
- Finnish: olomuotoalue — chemistry: component in a material system
- Hindi: प्रावस्था (prāvasthā) — chemistry: component in a material system
- Romanian: fază — chemistry: component in a material system
- Russian: фа́за (fáza) — chemistry: component in a material system
- Finnish: värimuunnos — zoology: colour variation
- Finnish: vaihe — rugby union: period of play between breakdowns
Real reading context