See Also: phase 1, noun(dictionary)
M phase(medicine)
Phase(medicine)
in phase(medicine)
phase(2)(dictionary)
phase(1)(dictionary)
s phase(medicine)
Three-phase DDM(finance)
in-phase(dictionary)
lag phase(medicine)

phase 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: phasis, from Greek, 'appearance of a star, phase of the moon', from phanein 'to show, appear']
one of the stages of a process of development or change
::a new drug that is in the experimental phase
phase of
::The first phase of renovations should be finished by January.
in phases
::The work will be carried out in phases.
::It's just a phase he's going through .
out of phase (with sth)
BrE not happening together in the right way
::Nizan's views were out of phase with the political climate of the time.
in phase (with sth)
BrE happening together in the right way
::The electrical work will be carried out in phase with the other renovations.
technical one of a fixed number of changes in the appearance of the moon or a planet when it is seen from the Earth