phase
A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
Noun 4 meanings
A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
“The problem has many phases.”
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.
“the phases of the moon”
Verb 4 meanings
To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
“The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.”
To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.
To pass into or through a solid object.
To use a phaser.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin phasis, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”), from φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-, root of φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light; to appear”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs). Compare phantasm and see face.
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PHASE at a glance
PHASE has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (P 3 + H 4 + A 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,251 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with phase
All rhymesOne letter away
- CHASE10
- PEASE7
- PHAGE11
- PHARE10
- PRASE7
- PHESE10
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