| phase space | (physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance, a multidimensional phase space |
phase I clinical trial
phase I | a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device, for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained |
phase II clinical trial
phase II | a clinical trial on more persons than in phase I, intended to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for the condition it is intended to treat, possible side effects are monitored |
phase III clinical trial
phase III | a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects, after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA |
phase IV clinical trial
phase IV | sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects, during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials |
preclinical trial
preclinical test
preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
| construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
| phase-out | the act or instance of a planned discontinuation |
| construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
software package
software product | merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
| phase | (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun), the full phase of the moon |
construction
mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
phase modulation
PM | modulation of the phase of the carrier wave |
construction grammatical construction
expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit, I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner |
software
software program
computer software
software system
software package
package | (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read
write memory, the market for software is expected to expand |
| alpha software | a first release of a software product that is usually tested only by the developers |
| beta software | software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release, beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it |
| compatible software | software that can run on different computers without modification |
| compatible software | application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together |
system program
systems program
systems software | a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer |
| shrink-wrapped software | software on CD-ROMs that are boxed and shrink-wrapped and sold in stores (implying a widely supported standard platform) |
| supervisory software | specialized programs that reside permanently in the computer's main memory and control the processing of user's programs |
software documentation
documentation | program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs |
construction
twist | an interpretation of a text or action, they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct |
software error
programming error | error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result |
construction industry
housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
programmer
computer programmer
coder
software engineer | a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs |
phase change
phase transition
state change
physical change | a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition |
| phase of cell division | a stage in meiosis or mitosis |
phase
form | (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system, matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary, the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system |
dispersed phase
dispersed particles | (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state |
dispersing phase
dispersion medium
dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed |
| construction paper | paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts |
anal stage
anal phase | (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned |
genital stage
genital phase | (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence, interest focuses on sexual activity |
latency stage
latency phase
latency period | (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age or until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities |
oral stage
oral phase | (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development, the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting |
phallic stage
phallic phase | (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure |
| phase of the moon | a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance |
new moon
new phase of the moon | the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent |
full moon
full-of-the-moon
full phase of the moon
full | the time when the Moon is fully illuminated, the moon is at the full |
fertile period
fertile phase | the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible ( days before to days after ovulation) |
| menstrual phase | the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day of the menstrual cycle) |
secretory phase
luteal phase | the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation, the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo, if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins |
| phase phase angle | a particular point in the time of a cycle, measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle |
phase
stage | any distinct time period in a sequence of events, we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected |