"rephase" meaning in English

See rephase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rephases [present, singular, third-person], rephasing [participle, present], rephased [participle, past], rephased [past]
Etymology: re- + phase Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|phase#Verb}} re- + phase Head templates: {{en-verb}} rephase (third-person singular simple present rephases, present participle rephasing, simple past and past participle rephased)
  1. (physics) To return to being in phase. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-rephase-en-verb-bDy8OOIz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 56 44 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. To revise the phasing of something.
    Sense id: en-rephase-en-verb-~gx8FTi1

Inflected forms

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