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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

4.43 Phase

Word
 Pronunciation
 Definition
 Related Forms
phase
 /'fez/
 Noun
  1. (countable) A phase is stage in a process.
  2. (uncountable) If things are in phase, they are working, moving, or changing together.
Verb
(transitive) If you phase something in, you introduce it step by step.  If you phase something out, you eliminate it step by step.
 two-phase
three-phase
multiphase
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  1. Inna K.October 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    The other is induced when stationary-phase cells are subjected to a similar shock.
    Russian: фаза

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  2. MJOctober 4, 2009 at 5:47 PM

    The selection of this age group was purposive; this is a crucial transitional phase between childhood and adolescence

    Japanese;dan kai

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  3. DaoqinOctober 5, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    phase
    [feiz]
    n. 相位, 时期, 局面, 阶段
    vt. 逐步执行, 实行, 按计划进行
    The two sets of traffic lights were out of phase.

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  4. SofiyaOctober 5, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    Very well done article, especially in describing the structural properties of steel without using an iron-carbon phase diagram!

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  5. Elfre A.October 7, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    This planning phase involves moving from a vague impression that a thesaurus might be useful to a fairly precise profile for the thesaurus.
    Spanish:fase

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