vaihe — meaning in English
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English meaning
- age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
- degree noun An academic qualification awarded by a college or university on completion of a course of study.
- distribution noun The act of spreading or handing something out.
- facet noun One of the flat, polished surfaces cut into a gemstone.
- installment noun One part of something released or paid in a series over time.
- phase noun A distinct stage in a process or sequence of change.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- stage noun A phase or step in a process of change or development.
Senses
vaihe is used for these senses in English:
- age (countable, geology) The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
- degree (now, _, rare) One's relative state or experience; way, manner. [from 14th c.]
- distribution (steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
- facet One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
- installment One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.
- phase (astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of a body's illuminated disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.
- phase (physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
- point A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
age — full definition
- noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
- noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
- noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
- verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.
degree — full definition
- noun An academic qualification awarded by a college or university on completion of a course of study.
- noun A unit for measuring angles or temperature.
- noun The extent or level to which something is present.