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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In electricity, pertaining to or employing a system of electric distribution in which are used three alternating currents differing in phase from one another by one third of a period, so that they reverse in direction successively at equal intervals of time: that is, first current 1, then current 2, then 3, then again 1, etc., reverses.

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  • Applying a three-phase design process -- direction, design and development -- to personal change might look something like this: Spend some time formulating a positive direction that you are really passionate about.

    Soren Petersen: A Vision Is a Dream With a Deadline Soren Petersen 2011

  • This three-phase audit is similar to a checkup of your health and has a very specific goal and a very effective outcome.

    Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011

  • After completing a $100 million, three-phase renovation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts on Jan. 16.

    A Revolution in American Art 2012

  • Applying a three-phase design process -- direction, design and development -- to personal change might look something like this: Spend some time formulating a positive direction that you are really passionate about.

    Soren Petersen: A Vision Is a Dream With a Deadline Soren Petersen 2011

  • The league's best defensive players, Mr. Sutton said, go through a three-phase process in their development.

    He's Tackling, Not Talking Scott Cacciola 2011

  • Already, the Indian government has taken steps to tap this renewable energy through the creation of the National Solar Mission in 2009, which takes a three-phase approach to increase solar power use and generation across the country.

    Solar Power Needs $110 Billion in Capital: KPMG Deals India Staff 2011

  • To that end, Otwoma's group is conducting a three-phase program to study environmental, economic and technical issues of nuclear power, with the aim of constructing one or more reactors within 15 years.

    Kenya Eyes Nuclear Power Development 2011

  • To that end, Otwoma's group is conducting a three-phase program to study environmental, economic and technical issues of nuclear power, with the aim of constructing one or more reactors within 15 years.

    Kenya Eyes Nuclear Power Development 2011

  • Stephen Johnson outlined in a January 2008 letter to Bush a three-phase plan for tackling climate change that included strict new restrictions on power plants and transportation fuels.

    Wonkbook: White House throws states a lifeline. But will the GOP let them catch it? Ezra Klein 2011

  • Applying a three-phase design process -- direction, design and development -- to personal change might look something like this: Spend some time formulating a positive direction that you are really passionate about.

    Soren Petersen: A Vision Is a Dream With a Deadline Soren Petersen 2011

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