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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vajëh (“gap”) (compare Estonian vahe), from Proto-Uralic *waješe-.
Pronunciation
Noun
vaihe
- phase, stage, step (distinct or distinguishable part of a sequence or process)
- point (particular moment in an event or occurrence, juncture)
- stage (one of the portions of a device, such as a rocket, which are used or activated in a particular order)
- (astronomy) phase (particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle)
Täydenkuun jälkeistä puolikuuta nimitetään väheneväksi. Tässä kuunkierron vaiheessa kuun vasen puoli loistaa valoa.- After full moon the Moon is said to be decreasing. On that phase of the lunar cycle the left side of the Moon shines.
- (physics) phase (point or portion in a recurring series of changes; e.g. the phase of a wave)
- (electricity) phase (of alternating current)
- (mathematics) phase (with a periodic function)
- (geology) age (unit of geologic time)
- (geology) stage (succession of rock strata laid down in a single age)
- (electronics) stage (number of an electronic circuit’s block)
- (obsolete) Synonym of väli (“gap”)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- faasi (“phase (of matter)”)
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