phase

Phase

A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time

• What are the phases of the moon called?

  Wie heißen die Mondphasen?

  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR

• The first phase of construction has been completed.

  Der erste Bauabschnitt ist abgeschlossen.

  Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Phase

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object

Phase

Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view

Phase

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

Phase

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 sideselten

Phase

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 conditionsselten

Phase

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 ageselten

Phase

The period of play between consecutive breakdownsselten

Phase

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Phase

The counterclockwise angle from the positive half of the real number line to the vector pointing to a complex number on an Argand diagram of the complex plane, which has the positive real line pointing right and the positive imaginary number line pointing upselten