See Also: s phase(medicine)
g1 phase(medicine)
Three-phase DDM(money)
Phase(money)
lag phase(medicine)
in phase(medicine)
Phase(medicine)
M phase(medicine)
out of phase(medicine)
Three-phase DDM(finance)

phase(2) (iou)



phase verb1. E20.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Adjust the phase of; bring into phase, synchronize. E20.
verb trans. Organize or carry out gradually in planned stages or instalments. E20.
Daily Telegraph To end imprisonment without trial by a phased programme of releases of every detainee and internee.
With adverbs in specialized senses: phase down verb phr. trans. reduce or decrease gradually or in planned stages. phase in verb phr. trans. introduce or incorporate gradually or in planned stages. phase out (a) verb phr. trans. remove, eliminate, or take out of gradually or in planned stages; (b) verb phr. intrans. disappear gradually.
Comb.: phase-down a gradual reduction or planned decrease; phase-in a gradual introduction; phase-out a gradual removal or planned elimination.
phaser noun (a) a device that alters the phase of something; Music an instrument that alters a sound signal by phasing; (b) Science Fiction a weapon that delivers a beam that can stun or annihilate: M20.