polyphasic

[ pol-ee-fey-zik ]

adjective

having more than two phases.
habitually doing more than one thing at a time: a polyphasic personality.

Origin of polyphasic

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First recorded in 1920–25; polyphase + -ic

Words Nearby polyphasic

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How to use polyphasic in a sentence

An accidental polyphasic sleeper, Bartiromo rests in naps rather than eight-hour chunks like the rest of us.
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