phase

1. n. 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: opted

2. n. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases. Source: opted

3. n. A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. any distinct time period in a sequence of events Source: wordnet

6. n. (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 Source: wordnet

7. n. a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle Source: wordnet

8. n. (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) Source: wordnet

9. v. arrange in phases or stages Source: wordnet

10. v. adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition Source: wordnet

11. 1. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object. 2. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases. 3. (Astron.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon. 4. (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. Source: webster

12. A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycleof changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form ofenlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust.under Moon. Source: adambom

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