phasing

Verb

phase (third-person singular simple present phases, present participle phasing, simple past and past participle phased)

1. To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
   • The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.
2. (informal, transitive) To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.
3. To pass into or through a solid object.
   • Anyone who has lost their way in cyberspace—realizing they have just phased into what they had previously categorized as 'solid' matter—will understand this example.1997, P. Lunenfeld, “Hybrid Architectures and the Paradox of Unfolding”, in Intelligent Environments: Spatial Aspects of the Information Revolution, →ISBN, page 443
4. To use a phaser.

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