PHASE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phase in mean? 

• PHASE IN (verb)
  The verb PHASE IN has 1 sense:

1. introduce gradually

  Familiarity information: PHASE IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASE IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Introduce gradually

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "phase in" is one way to...):

innovate; introduce (bring something new to an environment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

phase out (terminate gradually)

 Context examples 

The other is reversible non-oxidative phase in which phosphorylated sugars are interconverted to generate xylulose-5P, ribulose-5P, and ribose-5P.

(Pentose Phosphate Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A coded value specifying the phase in the lifecycle of the experimental unit.

(Experimental Unit Status Code, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the phase in the lifecycle of a performed activity.

(Performed Activity Status Code, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the phase in the lifecycle of the reported result.

(Performed Clinical Result Reported Result Status Code, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent may also induce cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase in some cancer cell types.

(Carboxyphenyl Retinamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The signs and symptoms include an initial flu-like phase, followed by a second phase in which patients may develop meningitis, liver failure and renal failure.

(Leptospirosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A liquid preparation, suitable for injection, which consists of solid particles dispersed throughout a liquid phase in which the particles are not soluble.

(Injectable Sonicated Suspension Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A coded value specifying the phase in the lifecycle of the activity as part of a global library.

(Defined Activity Status Code, NCI Thesaurus)

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft.

(Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres, NASA)

Jerk nystagmus has a slow phase in one direction followed by a corrective fast phase in the opposite direction, and is usually caused by central or peripheral vestibular dysfunction.

(Nystagmus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)