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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieshors phase
Pronunciation / Transliteration: or faz
"Ces deux signaux audio sont hors phase."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Not occurring at the same time or in the same cycle; having waves or oscillations that are not synchronized in peaks and troughs.
"The two audio signals canceled each other out because they were completely out-of-phase." - 2
Not operating in harmony, coordination, or proper timing with a system, process, or other people.
"Their marketing strategy was out-of-phase with current consumer trends, leading to poor sales."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the spatial-temporal prepositional phrase 'out of' with 'phase', derived from the Late Latin 'phasia' and Greek 'phasis' meaning appearance or phase of the moon. It emerged in technical and scientific English during the late 19th century with the development of alternating current electrical engineering, later expanding to describe acoustics, wave mechanics, and metaphorical lack of synchronization.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Out-of-phase" is said worldwide
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hors phase
Transliteration: or faz
"Ces deux signaux audio sont hors phase."
phasenverschoben
Transliteration: fah-zen-fer-sho-ben
"Die beiden Wellen sind phasenverschoben."
fuori fase
Transliteration: fu-o-ri fa-ze
"I due segnali elettrici sono fuori fase."
desfasado
Transliteration: des-fa-sa-do
"Los ritmos de producción estaban desfasados."
fora de fase
Transliteration: fo-ɾɐ dʒi fa-zi
"As ondas sonoras estão fora de fase."
असमकालिक
Transliteration: asamakalik
"ये दोनों तरंगें असमकालिक हैं।"
异相
Transliteration: yì xiàng
"这两个信号是异相的。"
위상이 다른
Transliteration: wisang-i dareun
"두 파동의 위상이 서로 다릅니다."
逆位相
Transliteration: gyaku-isou
"これらの信号は逆位相になっています。"
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