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[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]