单词 | phasal |
释义 | phasaladj. Of, relating to, or occurring in phases; phasic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [adjective] > of or relating to a phase phasal1849 phasic1890 1849 J. Maclise in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 667/1 The law..is one of a phaseal quantitative degradation. 1929 H. Hartridge & H. Banister in C. Murchison Found. Exper. Psychol. vii. 328 These [tuning forks] were driven by separate electrical circuits so as to prevent the possibility of one fork's being dragged into a particular phasal relationship with the other one. 1953 Mod. Lang. Notes 68 223 The poem is doubtless related to Yeats's phasal and cyclic theory of history. 1977 Noûs 11 105 And ‘atom’ would be a two-place phaseal predicate like ‘banker’ or ‘sapling’. 2000 Poptronics (Nexis) 1 Aug. 39 A phasal difference (in effect, opposing voltages) across the transformer windings can cause the transformers to overheat and prematurely fail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1849 |
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