Phase, or Faze?

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–noun
1.
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
2.
a stage in a process of change or development: Each phase of life brings its own joys.
3.
a side, aspect, or point of view: This is only one phase of the question.
4.
a state of synchronous operation: to put two mechanisms in phase.
5.
Astronomy .
a.
the particular appearance presented by the moon or a planet at a given time.
b.
one of the recurring appearances or states of the moon or a planet in respect to the form, or the absence, of its illuminated disk: the phases of the moon.
6.
Zoology . color phase.
7.
Chemistry . a mechanically separate, homogeneous part of a heterogeneous system: the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a system.
8.
Physics . a particular stage or point of advancement in a cycle; the fractional part of the period through which the time has advanced, measured from some arbitrary origin often expressed as an angle (phase angle), the entire period being taken as 360°.

–verb (used with object), phased, phas·ing.
9.
to schedule or order so as to be available when or as needed.
10.
to put in phase; synchronize: to phase one mechanism with another.

—Verb phrases
11.
phase down, to reduce by gradual stages.
12.
phase in, to put or come into use gradually; incorporate by degrees: to phase in new machinery.
13.
phase out, to bring or come to an end gradually; ease out of service: to phase out obsolescent machinery.

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–verb (used with object), fazed, faz·ing.
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.