quarter-phase

American

[kwawr-ter-feyz] / ˈkwɔr tərˌfeɪz /

adjective

Electricity.

differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.

quarter-phase British

adjective

another term for two-phase

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Teyr and her moon Luhin, both in quarter-phase from here, moved steadily apart in the viewers.

From Tulan by MacApp, C. C.

Now, assuming that an impulse or alternation in circuit or branch E is just beginning, while in the branch D it is just falling from maximum, the conditions are those of a quarter-phase difference.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Martin, Thomas Commerford

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