polyphase

1. 1.

   of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle

   Synonymsmultiphase

   electricity

Questions about polyphase

What does polyphase mean?

polyphase means "of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle".

How many syllables are in polyphase?

polyphase has 3 syllables: po-ly-phase. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpɑˌliˌfeɪz/.

What is another word for polyphase?

Close synonyms include multiphase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polyphase a common word?

polyphase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.