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English to English noun
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any distinct time period in a sequence of events |  | Example: we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
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(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 | | Example: the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system
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a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | | source: wordnet30
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(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) | | Example: the full phase of the moon
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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: webster1913
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A homogenous, physically distinct portion of matter in a system not homogeneous; as, the three phases, ice, water, and aqueous vapor. A phase may be either a single chemical substance or a mixture, as of gases. | | source: webster1913 verb
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arrange in phases or stages | | Example: phase a withdrawal
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adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition | | Example: he phased the intake with the output of the machine
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To disturb the composure of; to disconcert; to nonplus. | | source: webster1913
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