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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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