quarter-phase

[ kwawr-ter-feyz ]

adjective

, Electricity.

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

quarter-phase

adjective

1. another term for two-phase

Example Sentences

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.

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To adapt such a machine to his system, Mr. Tesla adds a second set of induced conductors M, in all respects similar to the first, but so placed in reference to it that the currents produced in each will differ by a quarter-phase.

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

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