phase
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- diakinesis hyponym
- diplotene hyponym
- leptotene hyponym
- pachytene hyponym
- phase of cell division hyponym
- zygotene hyponym
- anal stage hyponym
- genital stage hyponym
- latency stage hyponym
- oral stage hyponym
- phallic stage hyponym
- chapter hyponym
- incubation hyponym
- fertile period hyponym
- menstrual phase hyponym
- musth hyponym
- secretory phase hyponym
- generation hyponym
- culmination hyponym
- seedtime hyponym
- safe period hyponym
Related & opposite
- phase derivation
Sense 2 verb
arrange in phases or stages
phase a withdrawal
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
Related & opposite
- stage derivation
Sense 3 noun
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system
Types & categories
- state of matter hypernym
- dispersed phase hyponym
- dispersing phase hyponym
Related & opposite
- physical chemistry domain topic
Sense 4 verb
adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
he phased the intake with the output of the machine
Types & categories
- synchronize hypernym
Related & opposite
- phase angle derivation
Sense 5 noun
a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
Types & categories
- point in time hypernym
Parts & wholes
- cycle part holonym
Related & opposite
- phase derivation
Sense 6 noun
(astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)
the full phase of the moon
Types & categories
- appearance hypernym
- phase of the moon hyponym
Related & opposite
- astronomy domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | phase |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diakinesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diplotene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leptotene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pachytene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phase of cell division |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zygotene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anal stage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genital stage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | latency stage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oral stage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phallic stage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chapter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incubation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fertile period |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | menstrual phase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | musth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretory phase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | generation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | culmination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seedtime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | safe period |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physical chemistry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | state of matter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispersed phase |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispersing phase |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | phase angle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | synchronize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | phase |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | cycle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | point in time |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | appearance |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | phase of the moon |