ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Phase

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /feɪz/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Phase is a noun meaning A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

Meaning

A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
(rugby union) The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
(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.
(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 a body's illuminated 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.

the phases of the moon

The problem has many phases.

The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.

Archer took a deep breath and, steeling himself for the bizarre experience, carefully walked to the bulkhead and phased through.

Depending on context, synonyms include argument.

Related dictionary entries include segment, part, period, section, tranche, aligned.

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