Etymology

dephasing

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Today it means: A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation. Full definition →

English phasing ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishphasing
  8. English todaydephasing

From de- + phasing.

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