NOUN | time | phase, stage | any distinct time period in a sequence of events |
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state | phase, form | (physical chemistry) a distinct / distinct / distinct state of matter in a system | |
time | phase, phase angle | a particular point in the time of a cycle | |
attribute | phase | (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) | |
VERB | creation | phase | arrange in phases or stages |
change | phase | adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition |
Sounds | fey'z | |
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Rhymes | ablaze ... ways: 57 rhymes with eyz... |
Meaning | Any distinct time period in a sequence of events. | |
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Synonym | stage | |
Narrower | anal stage, anal phase | (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social / social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned |
apogee, culmination | A final climactic stage | |
chapter | Any distinct period in history or in a person's life | |
diakinesis | The final stage of the prophase of meiosis | |
diplotene | The fourth stage / stage of the prophase of meiosis | |
fertile period, fertile phase | The time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation) | |
generation | A stage of technological development or innovation | |
genital stage, genital phase | (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence | |
incubation | (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear | |
latency stage, latency phase, latency period | (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities | |
leptotene | The first stage of the prophase of meiosis | |
menstrual phase | The phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle) | |
musth | An annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants) | |
oral stage, oral phase | (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development | |
pachytene | The third stage of the prophase of meiosis | |
phallic stage, phallic phase | (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure | |
phase of cell division | A stage in meiosis or mitosis | |
safe period | That time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation) | |
secretory phase, luteal phase | The second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation | |
seedtime | Any time of new development | |
zygotene | The second stage of the prophase of meiosis | |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Spanish | estadio, etapa, fase, período | |
Catalan | estadi, etapa, fase | |
Verbs | phase | arrange in phases or stages |
Meaning | (physical chemistry) a distinct / distinct / 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. | |
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Example | "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" | |
Synonym | form | |
Category | physical chemistry | The branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances |
Narrower | dispersed phase, dispersed particles | (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state |
dispersing phase, dispersion medium, dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed | |
Broader | state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids / liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |
Spanish | fase | |
Catalan | fase |
Meaning | A particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle. | |
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Synonym | phase angle | |
Part of | cycle, rhythm, round | An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs |
Broader | point, point in time | An instant of time |
Catalan | angle de fase | |
Adjectives | multiphase, polyphase | of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle |
Verbs | phase | adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition |
Meaning | (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). | |
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Example | "the full phase of the moon" | |
Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
Narrower | phase of the moon | A time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance |
Broader | appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
Spanish | fase |
Meaning | Arrange in phases or stages. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "phase a withdrawal" | |
Broader | stage, arrange | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) |
Spanish | escalonar | |
Nouns | phase | any distinct time period in a sequence of events |
Meaning | Adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "he phased the intake with the output of the machine" | |
Broader | synchronize, synchronise, sync | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner |
Catalan | esgraonar, organitzar | |
Nouns | phase | a particular point in the time of a cycle |
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