three-phase
of or relating to a circuit, system, or device that is energized by three electromotive forces that differ in phase by one third of a cycle or 120°.
having three phases.
Origin of three-phase
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How to use three-phase in a sentence
Long distance, high tension transmission lines are generally three-wire lines carrying three-phase a.-c.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerTwo-phase of three-phase currents would give two or three positive impulses during this time.
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting | Harold P. ManlyInside this anchor tube ran the thick coaxial cable that fed three-phase electric power from the atomic pile to the ship.
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt RichmondThe magnetic field effect, Ishie had explained; but this three-phase RF generator—that puzzled him for a while.
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt RichmondThe power is transmitted at a voltage of 56,000 with a frequency of sixty cycles per second (three-phase).
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott Elliot
British Dictionary definitions for three-phase
(of an electrical system, circuit, or device) having, generating, or using three alternating voltages of the same frequency, displaced in phase by 120°
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