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| phased | |
| 1. adj. Organized or structured chronologically in phases |  |
| The government are planning a phased introduction of the reforms. (= are planning to introduce the reforms in phases) | |
| phase | |
| 1. n. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time. | |
| 2. n. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object. | |
| 3. n. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view. | |
| The problem has many phases. | |
| 4. n. (astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk. Illustrated in Wikiped | |
| the phases of the moon | |
| 5. n. (physics) 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 d | |
| 6. n. (chemistry) 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 pha | |
| 7. n. (zoology) 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 age. | |
| 8. n. (rugby union) The period of play between consecutive breakdowns. | |
| 9. n. (genetics) A haplotype. | |
| 10. n. (math) The arctangent of the quotient formed by dividing the imaginary part of a complex number by the real part. | |
| 11. n. (music) A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies | |
| 12. n. (electrical engineering) In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it. | |
| 13. v. (with in, or out) 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. | |
| 14. v. (genetics, informal, transitive) To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known. | |
| 15. v. To pass into or through a solid object. | |
