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    位相

    位い相そう

    phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon)

    KMT10News #43+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab16 strokes

    いそう

    Noun

    1.
    phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon)
    physics
    2.
    topology
    mathematics
    3.
    register
    linguistics

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    この波なみは位い相そうがずれている。

    This wave is out of phase.

    KMT9Science & Math
    交こう流りゅう電でん流りゅうは時じ間かんとともに位い相そうが変へん化かする。

    Alternating current changes its phase over time.

    KMT10Science & Math
    量りょう子し力りき学がくでは、粒りゅう子しの波は動どう関かん数すうは複ふく素そ数すうの位い相そうを持もつ。

    In quantum mechanics, the wave function of a particle has a complex phase.

    KMT10Science & Math
    月つきは満みち欠かけによって位い相そうを変かえる。

    The moon changes its phase through waxing and waning.

    KMT10Science & MathNature & Environment
    位い相そう幾き何か学がくは、図ず形けいの連れん続ぞく的てきな変へん形けいによって保たもたれる性せい質しつを研けん究きゅうする数すう学がくの分ぶん野やだ。

    Topology is a field of mathematics that studies properties preserved under continuous deformations of geometric objects.

    KMT10Science & Math

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