phasing noun. ['feɪzɪŋ] L19.
[from PHASE noun, verb¹ + -ING¹.]
1. The action of adjusting or eliminating a phase difference. L19.
Times Pedestrians are ignored in the phasing of traffic lights at many T-junctions.

2. The relationship between the phases of two or more periodic phenomena having the same frequency. E20.

3. The action of gradually introducing, bringing in, or taking out something. M20.
Guardian The French..want to discuss the phasing out of sterling as a reserve currency.

4. Music. The modification of the sound signal from an electric guitar etc. by introducing a phase shift into either of two copies of it and then recombining them. Also, a technique in which two parts of an ensemble play the same rhythmic pattern at different speeds. L20.

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