phase
Other forms: phases; phased; phasing
A phase is a particular period of time, like someone whose "teenage rebellion" phase lasts well into her thirties.
The word phase can mean a stage in a person’s development or a step in a process, such as “the next phase in the Interstate 57 project.” Phase can also be a verb, usually followed by in or out, to mean slowly introducing or getting rid of something. For example, your school might phase in a new rule or phase out an old one, as new students arrive.
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any distinct time period in a sequence of eventssynonyms: stagetypes:diakinesisthe final stage of the prophase of meiosisdiplotenethe fourth stage of the prophase of meiosisleptotenethe first stage of the prophase of meiosispachytenethe third stage of the prophase of meiosisphase of cell divisiona stage in meiosis or mitosiszygotenethe second stage of the prophase of meiosisanal phase, anal stage(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learnedgenital phase, genital stage(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activitylatency period, latency phase, latency stage(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activitiesoral phase, oral stage(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and bitingphallic phase, phallic stage(psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasurechapterany distinct period in history or in a person's lifeincubation(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appearfertile period, fertile phasethe time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)menstrual phasethe phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle)musthan annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and earluteal phase, secretory phasethe second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow beginsgenerationa stage of technological development or innovationseedtimeany time of new developmentsafe periodthat time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)anaphasethe stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindlemetaphasethe second stage of mitosismetaphasethe second stage of meiosisprophasethe first stage of mitosisprophasethe first stage of meiosistelophasethe final stage of mitosistelophasethe final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindletype of:
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a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an anglesynonyms: phase angle
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(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)“the full phase of the moon”types:phase of the moona time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearancenew moon, new phase of the moonthe phase in which the moon is in conjunction with sun and is invisible or appears as a narrow waxing crescenthalf-moonthe time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminatedfull, full moon, full phase of the moon, full-of-the-moonthe time when the Moon is fully illuminatedtype of:
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arrange in phases or stages
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adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
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(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“the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system”synonyms: formtypes:dispersing medium, dispersing phase, dispersion medium(of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersedtype of:state, state of matter(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
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