The fluid phase of a colloid within which solid or fluid particles are distributed

(chemistry) The fluid (liquid or gas) that flows through a chromatography system, moving the materials to be separated at different rates over the stationary phase

(chemistry) The solid or liquid phase of a chromatography system on which the materials are to be separated or selectively absorbed ᵂᵖ

The latter part of the menstrual cycle, that occurs after ovulation, in which the corpus luteum secretes progesterone to prepare the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo.

(transitive) To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).

plural of aqueous phase

(mathematics, physics, dynamical system theory) Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point;

(physics) One of the three fundamental structural phases of matter in which the thermal mobility of molecules or atoms is comparable with the cohesiveness, having them connected but fluid in a mass.

A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the difference in phase (fraction of a wave length) between a signal and a reference.

(physics) The transition between thermodynamic phases of a physical system, especially one between the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a substance.