English to English
noun
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
source: WordNet 3.0
- (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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
source: Webster 1913
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- arrange in phases or stages
Phase a withdrawal.
source: WordNet 3.0
- adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
He phased the intake with the output of the machine.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To disturb the composure of; to disconcert; to nonplus.
source: Webster 1913
