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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Producing, carrying, or powered by a single alternating voltage.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In electricity, noting a system of electric distribution by alternating currents produced by a single alternating electromotive force, in which therefore all the currents are in phase with each other, that is, reverse simultaneously in direction, or differ in phase only so far as is due to the different character of the circuits in which they flow.

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Examples

  • The largest single-phase residential construction in the world is the Jumeirah Beach Walk, locally known as JBR.

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  • The key point is that that the judges appear to be going with a single-phase trial, beginning on January 26, two weeks before Coleman wanted to begin the first of his several mini-trials.

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  • The key point is that that the judges appear to be going with a single-phase trial, beginning on January 26, two weeks before Coleman wanted to begin the first of his several mini-trials.

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  • The key point is that that the judges appear to be going with a single-phase trial, beginning on January 26, two weeks before Coleman wanted to begin the first of his several mini-trials.

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  • The problem would be that at least the ASKO washers and dryers that I looked at in the past in the US require 220 volt single-phase service to operate (both heating water and running drying elements sucks up a lot of juice).

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  • The ghani is powered by a 2 hp single-phase electric motor.

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  • The ANC had earlier agreed to the agenda for Monday's bilateral meeting, and in discussing the first item had said that bridging the differences between parties wanting two - and single-phase transition was the key issue, the Alliance said.

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  • The ANC had earlier agreed to the agenda for Monday's bilateral meeting, and in discussing the first item had said that bridging the differences between parties wanting two - and single-phase transition was the key issue, the Alliance said.

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  • It failed to make headway on the earlier opening demands for a new leaders 'forum and for a single-phase transition to replace the multiparty process.

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  • PV = power loss in per cent direct current single-phase alternating current three-phase alternating current

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