Definition of phase

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Phase (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..

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Evolution :: Evolution (n.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky..
Myograph :: Myograph (n.) An instrument for determining and recording the different phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction..
Trichromatic :: Trichromatic (a.) Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.
Bean :: Bean (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs..
Pleomorphism :: Pleomorphism (n.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species..
Stage :: Stage (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage..
Meteorograph :: Meteorograph (n.) An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.
Dichromatic :: Dichromatic (a.) Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects..
Phaseomannite :: Phaseomannite (n.) Same as Inosite.
Lunicurrent :: Lunicurrent (a.) Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.
Phase :: Phase (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..
Phaseolus :: Phaseolus (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean..
Phases :: Phases (pl. ) of Phas.
Mung :: Mung (n.) Green gram, a kind of pulse (Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India..
Inosite :: Inosite (n.) A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite..
Stroboscope :: Stroboscope (n.) An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.
Phaseless :: Phaseless (a.) Without a phase, or visible form..
Symptom :: Symptom (n.) Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited..
Phases :: Phases (pl. ) of Phasi.
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