phase: Meaning and Definition of

phase

1. any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
2. a stage in a process of change or development: Each phase of life brings its own joys.
3. a side, aspect, or point of view: This is only one phase of the question.
4. a state of synchronous operation: to put two mechanisms in phase.
5. the phases of the moon.
1. the particular appearance presented by the moon or a planet at a given time.
2. one of the recurring appearances or states of the moon or a planet in respect to the form, or the absence, of its illuminated disk:the phases of the moon.See diag. undermoon.
6. See
7. a mechanically separate, homogeneous part of a heterogeneous system: the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a system.
8. a particular stage or point of advancement in a cycle; the fractional part of the period through which the time has advanced, measured from some arbitrary origin often expressed as an anglethe entire period being taken as 360°.

1. to schedule or order so as to be available when or as needed.
2. to put in phase; synchronize: to phase one mechanism with another.
3. to reduce by gradual stages.
4. to put or come into use gradually; incorporate by degrees: to phase in new machinery.
5. to bring or come to an end gradually; ease out of service: to phase out obsolescent machinery.