may refer to:
- Phase (matter) , a physically distinctive form of a substance, such as the solid, liquid, and gaseous states of ordinary matter
- Phase (waves) , the time position (or angle in the complex plane) within a cycle of a periodic waveform
- --- Phase Shifting or phasing, relative phase shift in superposing electromagnetic or acoustic waves; employed as an audio effect by musicians and DJs
- --- Planetary Phase , the appearance of the illuminated section of a planet
- --- Polyphase System , a means of distributing alternating current electrical power in overlapping phases
- --- Lunar Phase , the appearance of the Moon as viewed from the Earth
- Phasing , a compositional technique in music
- Phasing, a card ability from the .
- Phase 10 , a card game created by Fundex Games
- "Phase technology", a branch of hyper-advanced science in some science fiction, which allows solid objects to pass through one another. Such properties that have explored the concept include comic book characters Shadowcat and the Vision, the Necrons in the Warhammer 40,000 science fiction game, the Tollan in Stargate SG-1 , and experimented with unsuccessfully by Star Trek 's United Federation of Planets and Romulan Star Empire. The term was also used in the science fiction thriller '' Hollow Man '', but its effects more closely resembled invisibility, and did not include the ability to pass solid objects through one another.
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