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PHASE IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Introduce gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "phase in" is one way to...):
innovate; introduce (bring something new to an environment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
phase out (terminate gradually)
Context examples:
A liquid preparation consisting of solid particles dispersed throughout a liquid phase in which the particles are not soluble; the suspension has been formulated in a manner to allow at least a reduction in dosing frequency as compared to that drug presented as a conventional dosage form (e.g., as a solution or a prompt drug-releasing, conventional solid dosage form).
(Extended Release Suspension Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Then, data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission - managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - revealed that the system was glowing intensely in infrared light during a phase in the galaxy merger when more than one of the black holes is expected to be feeding rapidly.
(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)
One is irreversible oxidative phase in which glucose-6P is converted to ribulose-5P by oxidative decarboxylation, and NADPH is generated.
(Pentose Phosphate Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
