What does phasis mean?
Phasis means (obsolete) A phase (of the moon, a planet etc.)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A phase (of the moon, a planet etc.)..
[A]s the same face of the moon always is turned to the earth, the lunar tides must be permanent, and if the solid parts of the moon be spherical, must always cover the phasis next to us.
He o'er the seas shall love or fame pursue, / And other Months, another Phasis view […].
In popular language Feeling is not always synonymous with State of Consciousness; being often taken more peculiarly for those states which are conceived as belonging to the sensitive, or to the emotional, phasis of our nature […].
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Phasis means (obsolete) A phase (of the moon, a planet etc.)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[A]s the same face of the moon always is turned to the earth, the lunar tides must be permanent, and if the solid parts of the moon be spherical, must always cover the phasis next to us.
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