phasedadj.
/feɪzd/, U.S. /feɪzd/ 1. Adjusted to be in phase, or in the desired phase relationship; synchronized.
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the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] > synchronized or isochronous
synchronical1660
synchronous1677
isochronal1680
isochron1697
isochronous1706
isochronic1780
isochronical1794
synchronal1876
synchronic1892
in-phase1914
synchronized1919
phased1929
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > phase > [adjective] > working in phase
in quadrature (with)1889
synchronous1897
phased1929
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [adjective] > adjusted to be in phase
phased1929
1929 Photoplay Apr. 31/2 Phased, or interlocked, all motors of sound and picture recording equipment lined up in readiness to start out in perfect step together.
1958 Listener 9 Oct. 558/1 Zoning, road classification, phased traffic lights.
1969 Focal Encycl. Film & Television Techniques 544/1 The associated synchronizing pulse trains are locked together and correctly phased.
1971 Hi-Fi Sound Feb. 71/2 It can be difficult for the newcomer to hi-fi to know whether the loudspeakers are correctly phased or not.
1998 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 356 350 (caption) One way to achieve the requisite phased pairs of frequencies..is to filter them out of femtosecond pulses.
2. Planned or carried out in stages or gradually.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > that progresses or advances in stages
step by step1803
multistage1904
step by step1918
multiphased1936
phased1949
stage-by-stage1956
staged1960
multistaged1964
1949 Archit. Rev. 105 225/2 A phased building programme for all developments proposed for the accommodation of population and industry from London.
1953 Manch. Guardian 12 May 1/3 Mr Dulles issued a statement that the United States Government favours a ‘phased’ withdrawal of British troops from the Canal Zone.
1967 D. Wilson in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. iii. 49 The phased implementation of new procedures.
1976 Broadcast Dec. 1/1 There will have to be a phased introduction of any changes that are agreed in pay structures and conditions of service.
1989 A. J. Jeffreys in J. R. Durant Human Origins v. 71 The discrepancy in dates is readily explained by the phased replacement model, whereby the replacement occurs against a Mousterian background in Asia (c. 45,000 years?).
1991 Christian Sci. 23 Oct. 4/2 A phased lifting of sanctions against South Africa.
Compounds
phased array n. an array of (esp. radar) antennas that can be made to transmit or receive at a variable angle by delaying the signals to or from each one by an amount depending on its position in relation to the others.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > aerial > assembly of specific aerials
array1919
broadside array1932
musa1937
phased array1938
mattress1947
mattress array1947
billboard1950
1938 Television 11 644/3 None of these changes..affect the description of the phased array.
1960 Proc. IRE 48 1715 Phased arrays can provide scanning patterns and scanning rates which are impossible to attain with mechanically scanned antennas.
1970 New Scientist 10 Sept. 534/1 The beams formed by phased arrays can be steered electronically, and can be scanned up to several hundred million times a second.
2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon xxxv. 521 The Aegis radar/missile system..entailed a superb phased-array radar called the SPY and a fair-to-middlin' surface-to-air missile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1929