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dephasing

/diˈfeɪzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
de-phas-ing
IPA
/diˈfeɪzɪŋ/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English phasing English dephasing From de- + phasing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dephasings (plural)

Rhymes With

amazing raising praising grazing blazing glazing phrasing phasing hazing razing appraising lazing

Questions

How do you pronounce dephasing?
The recorded pronunciation is /diˈfeɪzɪŋ/.
What does dephasing mean?
A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
Where does dephasing come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English phasing English dephasing From de- + phasing.

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