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adj
Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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adjective
of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: multiphase
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English phase English polyphase From poly- + phase.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
