💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Phase function"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| phase anglenoun | (wave physics) Angular displacement of a sinusoid from a reference point or reference time. |
| phasenoun | A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time. |
| phase planenoun | (mathematics) A two-dimensional vector field of the phase between two variables |
| phaseplanenoun | Alternative form of phase plane. [(mathematics) A two-dimensional vector field of the phase between two variables] |
| true anomalynoun | (astronomy, celestial mechanics) The angle PFC formed by P = the periapsis of a celestial body's elliptical orbit, F = the focus of that orbit, and C = the current position of the celestial body. |
| planetary aberrationnoun | (astronomy) A deviation of where a planet appears to be, due to the motion of the planet during the time that the light reaches the Earth. |
| latitudenoun | (figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something. |
| aspectnoun | Any specific feature, part, or element of something. |
| aperturenoun | A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole. |
| configurationnoun | The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together; |
| light curvenoun | (astronomy) a graph of the intensity of radiation from an astronomical object as it changes with time |
| lightfieldnoun | Alternative form of light field. [A function of all the light flowing through all points of space in a particular volume] |
| planispherenoun | (astronomy) Any of several charts of the celestial sphere having an overlay or window that may be adjusted to show the stars visible at a particular time, or from a particular place. |
| moonphasenoun | Synonym of lunar phase. |
| phasornoun | (sciences, engineering) A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current. |
| proper motionnoun | (astronomy) The change in apparent position of a celestial body due to that body's velocity relative to the Sun. |
| periodic inequalitynoun | (astronomy) A disturbance in the motion of a planet due to its position in its orbit relative to another planet. |
| parhelionnoun | Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”). |
| lunar phasenoun | (astronomy) Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth). |
| quadraturenoun | (mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area. |
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