single-phase [sing-guh l-feyz] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective Electricity. noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of single-phase First recorded in 1895–1900 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for single-phase Historical Examples of single-phase
A Martin rotary converter to be operated from a single-phase line is shown in Figure 147.
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions
Henry C. Horstmann
Simple repulsion motors and single-phase induction motors that start as repulsion motors are reversed by shifting the brushes.
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions
Henry C. Horstmann
If single-phase or two-phase current is transmitted, each cable should contain the two conductors that go to make up a circuit.
Electric Transmission of Water Power
Alton D. Adams
British Dictionary definitions for single-phase single-phase adjective (of a system, circuit, or device) having, generating, or using a single alternating voltage Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012