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\ \ [19] Greek phásis (a derivative of the verb phaínein ‘show’, source of English phantom) meant ‘appearance’, and also ‘cyclical apparent form of a planet, moon, etc’. This was adopted into modern Latin as phasis, and it originally passed into English (in the 17th century) in the Latin plural form phases. Phase represents a new singular formed from this. The more familiar modern sense ‘stage in a sequence’ is a metaphorical extension of the astronomical meaning.
\ \ Cf.⇒ PHANTOM
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phase — [ faz ] n. f. • 1661 astron.; h. 1544 fig.; répandu XIXe; gr. phasis « lever d une étoile » 1 ♦ Astron. Chacun des aspects que présentent la Lune et les planètes à un observateur terrestre, selon leur éclairement par le Soleil. ⇒ apparence. Les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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phase — phase1 [fāz] n. [ModL phasis < Gr < phainesthai, to appear, akin to phainein: see FANTASY] 1. any of the recurrent stages of variation in the illumination and apparent shape of a moon or a planet 2. any of the stages or forms in any series… … English World dictionary
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