PHASE ANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phase angle mean? 

• PHASE ANGLE (noun)
  The noun PHASE ANGLE has 1 sense:

1. a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

  Familiarity information: PHASE ANGLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASE ANGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

phase; phase angle

Hypernyms ("phase angle" is a kind of...):

point; point in time (an instant of time)

Holonyms ("phase angle" is a part of...):

cycle; rhythm; round (an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs)

 Context examples 

The solar phase angle at Uranus, seen from Cassini, is 11.9 degrees.

(Cassini spies the ice-giant planet Uranus, NASA)