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phase

(f/eI/z )

any distinct time period in a sequence of events(noun.time)

Synonym:
stage

source: wordnet30
(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(noun.state)

Example:
The reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system.

Synonym:
form

source: wordnet30
a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle(noun.time)

Synonym:
phase angle

source: wordnet30
(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)(noun.attribute)

Example:
The full phase of the moon.

source: wordnet30
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.(noun)

source: webster1913
A homogenous, physically distinct portion of matter in a system not homogeneous; as, the three phases, ice, water, and aqueous vapor. A phase may be either a single chemical substance or a mixture, as of gases.(noun)

source: webster1913

arrange in phases or stages(verb.creation)

Example:
Phase a withdrawal.

source: wordnet30
adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition(verb.change)

Example:
He phased the intake with the output of the machine.

source: wordnet30
To disturb the composure of; to disconcert; to nonplus.(verb)

source: webster1913

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