polyphase

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Definition of polyphase

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adj

Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.

“In the past there had been several attempts to embody in locomotives some form of rotating machine to convert single-phase a.c. at supply frequency to polyphase a.c. at variable frequency, in order to achieve the necessary variable speed characteristic.”

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adj

Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.

“In the past there had been several attempts to embody in locomotives some form of rotating machine to convert single-phase a.c. at supply frequency to polyphase a.c. at variable frequency, in order to achieve the necessary variable speed characteristic.”
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter

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From poly- + phase.

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