multiphase

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂n̥yéti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
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 multiphase

    From multi- + phase.

    Adjective

    multiphase (not comparable)

    1. That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
      Coordinate term: uniphase

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