1. Edwin O. Reischauer 2. just a passing phase. 3. every phase of the operation. 4. One of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon or a planet. 5. A particular stage in a periodic process or phenomenon. 6. The fraction of a complete cycle elapsed as measured from a specified reference point and often expressed as an angle. 7. Any of the forms or states, solid, liquid, gas, or plasma, in which matter can exist, depending on temperature and pressure. 8. A discrete homogeneous part of a material system that is mechanically separable from the rest, as is ice from water. 9. the white color phase of a weasel; the swarming phase of locusts. 10. To plan or carry out systematically by phases. 11. To set or regulate so as to be synchronized. 12. To introduce, one stage at a time. 13. To bring or come to an end, one stage at a time. 14. In a correlated or synchronized way. 15. In an unsynchronized or uncorrelated way.
