Phase_noun.json

{
    "word": "Phase",
    "definitions": [
        "A distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development.",
        "A stage in a person's psychological development, especially a period of temporary difficulty during adolescence or a particular stage during childhood.",
        "Each of the separate events in an eventing competition.",
        "Each of the aspects of the moon or a planet, according to the amount of its illumination, especially the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon, and the last quarter.",
        "A genetic or seasonal variety of an animal's coloration.",
        "A distinct and homogeneous form of matter (i.e. a particular solid, liquid, or gas) separated by its surface from other forms.",
        "The relationship in time between the successive states or cycles of an oscillating or repeating system (such as an alternating electric current or a light or sound wave) and either a fixed reference point or the states or cycles of another system with which it may or may not be in synchrony.",
        "Each of the electrical windings or connections of a polyphase machine or circuit.",
        "(in systemic grammar) the relationship between a catenative verb and the verb that follows it, as in she hoped to succeed and I like swimming.",
        "A structure containing two verbs in a phase."
    ],
    "parts-of-speech": "Noun"
}