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| Sounds | fey'z |
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| Rhymes | ablaze, Activase, always, and 53 more rhymes in eyz... |
| Meaning | (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. |
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| Examples | "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" |
| Synonyms | form |
| Category | physical chemistry |
| Broader | state of matter, state |
| Narrower | dispersed phase, dispersed particles; dispersing phase, dispersion medium, dispersing medium |
| Meaning | Any distinct time period in a sequence of events. |
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| Synonyms | stage |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period |
| Narrower | diakinesis; diplotene; leptotene; pachytene; phase of cell division; zygotene; anal stage, anal phase; genital stage, genital phase; latency stage, latency phase, latency period; oral stage, oral phase; phallic stage, phallic phase; chapter; incubation; fertile period, fertile phase; menstrual phase; musth; secretory phase, luteal phase; generation; apogee, culmination; seedtime; safe period |
| Verbs | phase |
| Meaning | A particular point in the time of a cycle. Measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle. |
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| Synonyms | phase angle |
| Part of | cycle, rhythm, round |
| Broader | point, point in time |
| Adjectives | multiphase, polyphase |
| Verbs | phase |
| Meaning | (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). |
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| Examples | "the full phase of the moon" |
| Category | astronomy, uranology |
| Broader | appearance, visual aspect |
| Narrower | phase of the moon |
| Meaning | Arrange in phases or stages. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "phase a withdrawal" |
| Broader | stage, arrange |
| Nouns | phase |
| Meaning | Adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "he phased the intake with the output of the machine" |
| Broader | synchronize, synchronise, sync |
| Nouns | phase |
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