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Polyphase vs Multiphased - What's the difference?

polyphase | multiphased |

As adjectives the difference between polyphase and multiphased

is that polyphase is (electricity) of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase while multiphased is consisting of multiple phases (in all senses).

polyphase

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (electricity) Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase
  • (physics) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter

    • Derived terms

    * polyphase circuit * polyphase coil * polyphase matrix * polyphase meter * polyphase quadrature filter * polyphase rectifier * polyphase synchronous generator * polyphase system * polyphase transformer * polyphase wattmeter

    multiphased

    English

    Alternative forms

    *multi-phased

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Consisting of multiple phases (in all senses)