Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity, the act of bringing two alternating-current circuits, as two alternaters, or a converter and its supply circuit, in phase with each other, so that their waves coincide, and they can be connected together.
- Coinciding in phase. See
in phase .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Elec.) Pertaining to phase or differences of phase.
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- verb Present participle of
phase . - noun Movement through phases; arrangement of a sequence or cycle.
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Examples
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His intention was always to resist temptation, although the phrase phasing out he had abandoned.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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President Obama's ambitious plan to begin phasing out nuclear weapons has run up against powerful resistance from officials in the Pentagon and other U.S. agencies, posing a threat to one of his most important foreign policy initiatives.
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Basically the bill said localities could not purchase any new electronic machines, forcing them to begin phasing the machines out and returning to a paper ballot system.
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Basically the bill said localities could not purchase any new electronic machines, forcing them to begin phasing the machines out and returning to a paper ballot system.
Not Larry Sabato: 2008
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The only block chain we had this quarter was the 737 and we increased it by 200 which basically just says that those are airplanes that we already have on order and they're coming into the nearer term phasing of us getting ready to deliver them which obviously provides us greater confidence on the greater rate we have on 737s.
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Sharifah Hapsah viewed the training centre as a long-term phasing out of foreigners as domestic maids.
unknown title 2008
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October 17, 2007 at 3: 38 pm whoever says phasing is a “stupid power” …. i’d rather have the ability to walk into bank vaults and then walk out, ignoring all the bullets from the cops as they pass through me … instead of having to bust it up, and hulksmash my way through everything. there’s something to be said for “sneaky”.
The Flash #232: Wild Wild Wests Part 2 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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In the context of home improvement, phasing occurs when you take a piecemeal approach to renovation.
Buzzword: Phasing 2009
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In the context of home improvement, phasing occurs when you take a piecemeal approach to renovation.
Buzzword: Phasing 2009
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But the idea of phasing in ethics and civility I don't think makes a whole lot of sense.
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