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🔀 To lose sync ⏩ To shift timing
to dephase

to dephase

1 9.9
Change the timing of a wave or signal so it happens at a different time from another
  • verb
  • /diˈfeɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cambiar de fase
  • The engineer used a new technique to dephase the signal, improving the system's response time.

Examples

  • To enhance communication, we must dephase the waves to prevent interference between frequencies.

  • Both techniques rapidly dephase and rephase protons with a transverse magnetic field and measure the variations in the RF signal, which are caused by moving nuclei.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Adjusting the settings allowed the technician to dephase the oscillation, resulting in a clearer output.

Antonyms

to synchronize
  • US
49 4.7

To make two or more things happen at the same time

Surface Forms

dephase infinitive
dephased past
dephased past participle
dephasing present participle
dephases third person singular

Morphology

dephase = phase (transparent) = de + phase

In technical use, adding 'de-' to 'phase' straightforwardly gives the sense of shifting something out of phase relative to another signal.

Etymology

The word dephase uses de- ('change' or 'remove') plus phase ('position in its cycle'), so to dephase a signal is to shift its timing relative to another — delaying or advancing it to change their phase.