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1. 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. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases. 3. 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. 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. 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" 
Related wordsanal stage apogee appearance astronomy chapter cycle diakinesis diplotene dispersed phase dispersing phase fertile period generation genital stage incubation latency stage leptotene menstrual phase musth oral stage pachytene phallic stage phase phase of cell division phase of the moon physical chemistry point safe period secretory phase seedtime stage state of matter synchronize time period zygotene |
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