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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle;
[syn: multiphase, polyphase]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Polyphase \Pol"y*phase\, a. [Poly- + phase.] (Elec.) Having or producing two or more phases; multiphase; as, a polyphase machine, a machine producing two or more pressure waves of electro-motive force, differing in phase; a polyphase current. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

polyphase adj 1: of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle [syn: multiphase, polyphase]