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polyphase en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis)bor. New Latin phasisbor. English phase English polyphase From poly- + phase.

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.
   • In the past there had been several attempts to embody in locomotives some form of rotating machine to convert single-phase a.c. at supply frequency to polyphase a.c. at variable frequency, in order to achieve the necessary variable speed characteristic. 1963 November, “British achievements in electric traction”, in Modern Railways, page 313:
2. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter

Forms

Deriveds

polyphase coil · polyphase system · polyphase meter · polyphase synchronous generator · polyphase wattmeter · polyphase matrix · polyphase rectifier · polyphase quadrature filter · polyphase transformer · polyphase circuit

Translations (8)

gv yl-phaasagh (of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents) · ga ilphasach (of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents) · ga polaphasach (of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter) · bg многофазен (of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents) · gv yl-phaasagh (of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter) · bg многофазен (of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter) · ga polaphasach (of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents) · ga ilphasach (of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter)