"polyphase" meaning in English

See polyphase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more polyphase [comparative], most polyphase [superlative]
Etymology: From poly- + phase. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|phase}} poly- + phase Head templates: {{en-adj}} polyphase (comparative more polyphase, superlative most polyphase)
  1. (electricity) Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase. Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents): многофазен (mnogofazen) (Bulgarian), ilphasach (Irish), polaphasach (Irish), yl-phaasagh (Manx)
    Sense id: en-polyphase-en-adj-O1IAe9t3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Manx translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 57 43 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents': 79 21
  2. (physics) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter Categories (topical): Physics Translations (of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter): многофазен (mnogofazen) (Bulgarian), ilphasach (Irish), polaphasach (Irish), yl-phaasagh (Manx)
    Sense id: en-polyphase-en-adj-DvxDmGWC Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 51 49 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: polyphase circuit, polyphase coil, polyphase matrix, polyphase meter, polyphase quadrature filter, polyphase rectifier, polyphase synchronous generator, polyphase system, polyphase transformer, polyphase wattmeter
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