相位

xiàngwèi

noun

Meanings

Liǎng liè bō de xiàngwèi chà shì jiǔshí dù.

The phase difference between the two waves is ninety degrees.

Diànwǎng sān xiàng diànyā de xiàngwèi bìxū yángé tóngbù.

The phases of the three-phase grid voltages must be strictly synchronized.

usage

Technical (physics, electrical engineering, signal processing). The character 相 here is xiàng (4th tone, 'aspect/phase'), not xiāng ('mutual').

相 xiāng

位 wèi