phase

phase is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
2. noun. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.
3. noun. A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon.
4. noun. Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
5. 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"

6. 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"

   Synonyms: form

7. noun. a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
8. 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"

   Synonyms: stage

9. verb. adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition

   "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"

10. verb. arrange in phases or stages

    "phase a withdrawal"

Synonyms

form, stage

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in phase:

ephas, heaps, pesah, shape

Common word forms

phased, phaser, phases, phaseal, phasing, phaseless

Words from these letters

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