Plural of phasis, Plural form of phase

Any of the forms or states, solid, liquid, gas, or plasma, in which matter can exist, depending on temperature and pressure, That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object, A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time, verb_ Common misspelling of faze, genetics, informal, transitive To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known, To begin?if construed with "in"?or to discontinue?if construed with out?(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases), transitive verb_ To plan or carry out systematically by phases, To set or regulate so as to be synchronized

One of four equal parts, A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada, One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes, One fourth of a year; three months, One of the two phases of the moon at which the moon, as viewed from Earth, appears to be half illuminated by the sun. The quarter phases mark the quarter and three-quarter points of the moon's revolution about the Earth

The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases, Moonlight, Something in the shape of a moon, especially of a half-moon or crescent, intransitive verb_ To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner, colloquial (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone, transitive verb_ To expose to the rays of the moon, To expose one's naked buttocks to (a person); -- a vulgar sign of contempt or disrespect, sometimes done as a prank