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phase
English
Etymology 1
From New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek ????? (phásis, “an appearance”), from ????? (pháein, “to shine”); compare phantasm and see face.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: f?z, IPA(key): /fe?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Hyphenation: phase
- Homophone: faze
Noun
phase (plural phases)
- A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
- That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
- Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
- The problem has many phases.
- (astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.
- (physics) 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.
- (chemistry) 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.
- (zoology) 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.
- (rugby union) The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
- (genetics) A haplotype.
- (mathematics) The arctangent of the quotient formed by dividing the imaginary part of a complex number by the real part.
- Synonym: argument
- (music) A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies
- (electrical engineering) In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- phase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
phase (third-person singular simple present phases, present participle phasing, simple past and past participle phased)
- (with in or out) To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
- The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.
- Obsolete form of faze.
- (genetics, informal, transitive) To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.
- To pass into or through a solid object.
Usage notes
See notes at faze.
Hyponyms
- phase in
- phase out
Derived terms
- phaseable
- unphased
Etymology 2
From Latin phase (“passover”), Phasa, from Hebrew ??????? (pésach).
Alternative forms
- Phase
Proper noun
phase
- (obsolete) Passover
References
Anagrams
- HEPAs, Heaps, ephas, heaps, shape
Dutch
Noun
phase f (plural phasen or phases, diminutive phasetje n)
- Obsolete spelling of fase.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faz/
Noun
phase f (plural phases)
- phase
Derived terms
- phase de poule
Further reading
- “phase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Alternative forms
- Phase
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (phasék, “Passover”), from a Semitic language.
Noun
phase n (indeclinable)
- Passover
- the Passover sacrifice; Paschal Lamb
Synonyms
- pascha
Descendants
- Old English: phase
References
- Phase in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
Noun
phase f (plural phases)
- Obsolete spelling of fase (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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semblance
English
Alternative forms
- semblaunce
Etymology
From Middle English semblaunce, from Old French semblance, from semblant, present participle of sembler.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?m.bl?ns/
Noun
semblance (countable and uncountable, plural semblances)
- likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
- the way something looks; appearance; form
Synonyms
- (likeness): veneer
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- semblance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- semblance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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