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quarter-phase
[ kwawr-ter-feyz ]
/ ˈkwɔr tərˌfeɪz /
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adjective Electricity.
differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
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How to use quarter-phase in a sentence
The several phases may be entirely independent, and such was the case with the early polyphase Quarter-phase alternators.
Teyr and her moon Luhin, both in quarter-phase from here, moved steadily apart in the viewers.
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