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OUT OF PHASE

Specialty Definition: OUT OF PHASE

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

The condition of two or more cyclic motions which are not at the same part of their cycles at the same instant. Also called out of step. Compare in phase.Two or more cycles motions which are at the same part of their cycles at the same instant are said to be in phase or in step. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Out of phase

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A periodic signal (usually electromagnetic in nature) is out of phase if its period is not synchronized with another signal.

Whether the term is hyphenated or not depends on its use:

See also: in phase, phase difference

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Out of phase."

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Crosswords: OUT OF PHASE

Specialty definitions using "OUT OF PHASE": bass reflexFresnel zonein phaseout of stepspread spectrum communications. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: OUT OF PHASE

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Health

Most treatments for general use come out of phase III clinical trials. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OUT OF PHASE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

out of phase

165
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OUT OF PHASE

Language Translations for "OUT OF PHASE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Italian

  

sfasato (bewildered, confused). (various references)

   

Manx

  

as cophaase. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

outay ofay asephay

   

Romanian

  

nesincronizat. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

desfasado (kilter). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: OUT OF PHASE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-o-o-p-s-t-u"

-2 letters: housetop, phaseout, pooftahs, pothouse, taphouse.

-3 letters: pooftah, teashop, upshoot.

-4 letters: foetus, ouphes, pathos, photos, potash, sapote, soothe, spathe, taupes, tophes, tophus, upshot.

-5 letters: afoot, autos, ephas, estop, ethos, fates, fatso, feast, feats, fetas, fetus, foots, haets, hafts, haste, hates, haute, heaps, heats, hefts, hoofs, hoops, hoots, hopes, hosta, house, oaths, opahs, ouphe, ouphs, paseo.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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