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phase | charge |

As a noun phase

is phase.

As a proper noun charge is

a commune in the indre-et-loire department in france.

phase

English

Etymology 1

From ; compare phantasm and see face.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
  • That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
  • Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
  • The problem has many phases .
  • (astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets''. Illustrated in .
  • (physics) 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.
  • (chemistry) A component in a material system that is distinguished by chemical composition and/or physical state (solid, liquid or gas) and/or crystal structure. It is delineated from an adjoining phase by an abrupt change in one or more of those conditions.
  • (rugby union) The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
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  • , year=2011 , date=Septembe 24 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=When Romania did manage to string together' some ' phases midway through the first half, England's discipline held firm, although on the whole it was a less focused display from the Six Nations champions in the second half.}}
  • (genetics) A haplotype.
  • Verb

    (phas)
  • To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
  • The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased''' out as the new models were '''phased in.
  • (genetics, informal, transitive) To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.
  • To pass into or through a solid object.
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  • Usage notes
    See notes at faze .
    Derived terms
    * phase in * phase out * unphased

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * Phase

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (obsolete) Passover
  • References

    Anagrams

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    charge

    English

    (wikipedia charge)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The scope of someone's responsibility.
  • The child was in the nanny's charge .
  • * 1848 April 24, , opinion, United States ''v.'' Hutchison'', as reported in ''The Pennsylvania law Journal'', June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,''The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Pz-TAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA366&dq=key]:
  • He had the key of a closet in which the moneys of this fund were kept, but the outer key of the vault, of which the closet formed part, was in the charge of another person.
  • Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
  • The child was a charge of the nanny.
  • A load or burden; cargo.
  • The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
  • The amount of money levied for a service.
  • There will be a charge of five dollars.
  • An instruction.
  • I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
  • (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
  • Pickett did not die leading his famous charge .
  • An accusation.
  • * 2005 , .
  • we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge ;
    That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
  • An electric charge.
  • (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
  • A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
  • (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
  • A forceful forward movement.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=March 2 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal}}
  • A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
  • to bring a weapon to the charge
  • A sort of plaster or ointment.
  • Weight; import; value.
  • * Shakespeare
  • many suchlike as's of great charge
  • A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds. Also charre.
  • Derived terms

    * access charge * banzai charge * carrying charge * chargeback * chargecard * charge conjugation * charge density * charge hand * charge nurse * charge of quarters * charge-off * charge plate * charge sheet * color charge/colour charge * cover charge * deferred charge * depth charge * electric charge * finance charge * fixed charge * floating charge * free of charge * get a charge out of * in charge * late charge * negative charge * nonrecurring charge * partial charge * positive charge * press charges * redemption charge * reverse-charge * reverse the charge * sales charge * service charge * shaped charge * space charge * specific charge * take charge * trickle charge * user charge

    Verb

    (charg)
  • To place a burden upon; to assign a duty or responsibility to.
  • * John Locke
  • the charging of children's memories with rules
  • * Bible, Joshua xxii. 5
  • Moses charged you to love the Lord your God.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
  • # To formally accuse of a crime.
  • I'm charging you with grand theft auto.
  • # (ambitransitive) To require payment (for goods, services, etc.) of.
  • to charge high for goods
  • #* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
  • Will I get charged for this service?
  • # To assign (a debit) to an account.
  • Let's charge this to marketing.
  • # To pay on account, (as) by using a credit card.
  • Can I charge my Amazon purchase to Paypal?
  • Can I charge this purchase?
  • # To impute or ascribe.
  • #* Dryden
  • No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time.
  • # To call to account; to challenge.
  • #* Shakespeare
  • to charge me to an answer
  • # To ornament with or cause to bear.
  • to charge an architectural member with a moulding
  • # (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
  • He charges three roses.
  • # (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
  • He charges his shield with three roses or.
  • To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
  • Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
  • * Shakespeare
  • their battering cannon charged to the mouths
  • # To cause to take on an electric charge.
  • Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
  • # To add energy to (a battery).
  • He charged the battery overnight.
  • # To add energy to a battery within.
  • Don't forget to charge the drill.
  • # (intransitive, of a, battery) To gain energy.
  • The battery is still charging : I can't use it yet.
  • # (intransitive, of a, device containing a battery) To have a battery within gain energy.
  • His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.
  • To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
  • # (military, transitive, and, intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
  • The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.
  • # (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
  • # (cricket, of a, batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
  • To squat on the belly and be still; a command given by a hunter to a dog.
  • Derived terms

    * charge down * charger * charge up * discharge * double-charge * overcharge * recharge * undercharge

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