polyphase
/pˈɑlˌifˌeɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter
Example Sentences
- "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."
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.
Inflected Forms
more polyphase (comparative)
most polyphase (superlative)
Phrases
polyphase circuit
polyphase coil
polyphase matrix
polyphase meter
polyphase quadrature filter
polyphase rectifier
polyphase synchronous generator
polyphase system