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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phase  \Phase\,  n.;  pl  {Phases}.  [NL.  phasis,  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to 
  make  to  appear:  cf  F.  phase.  See  {Phenomenon},  {Phantom}, 
  and  {Emphasis}.] 
  1.  That  which  is  exhibited  to  the  eye;  the  appearance  which 
  anything  manifests,  especially  any  one  among  different  and 
  varying  appearances  of  the  same  object. 
 
  2.  Any  appearance  or  aspect  of  an  object  of  mental 
  apprehension  or  view;  as  the  problem  has  many  phases. 
 
  3.  (Astron.)  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}. 
 
  4.  (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  distinction  from  a  contrasted 
  portion,  as  the  portion  on  one  side  of  a  position  of 
  equilibrium,  in  contrast  with  that  on  the  opposite  side 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phasis  \Pha"sis\,  n.;  pl  {Phases}.  [NL.] 
  See  {Phase}.  --Creech. 




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