two-phase

[too-feyz]

adjective Electricity.

diphase.

Origin of two-phase

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Examples from the Web for two-phase

Contemporary Examples of two-phase

The hoax, entitled "Operation Bikini Bridge" by an anonymous user, featured a fairly simple, two-phase plot.
The Bikini Bridge to Nowhere
Erin Cunningham
January 9, 2014

Historical Examples of two-phase

To reverse a two-phase motor, reverse the cables of either phase.
The Automobile Storage Battery
O. A. Witte
To her marriage was the development of a two-phase soul with but one will.
In the Heart of a Fool
William Allen White
With regard to the two end portions, these represent bivariant, two-phase systems, consisting of a solid solution and gas.
The Phase Rule and Its Applications
Alexander Findlay
Fig. 14 shows a transformer for a two-phase current with four leads, transforming into a multiple phase current of 16 leads.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822
Various
Another prominent exhibit was a model illustrated at C which is a two-phase motor, as well as an induction motor and transformer.
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla
Thomas Commerford Martin

British Dictionary definitions for two-phase

two-phase

adjective

(of an electrical circuit, device, etc) generating or using two alternating voltages of the same frequency, displaced in phase by 90°Also: quarter-phase

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