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Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly, adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n.

A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat.

Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.

The angle expressing phase relation.

r converting an alternating current into an alternating current of a different number of phases and the same frequency.

A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase.

A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.

degrees of freedom) of a system is equal to the number of components minus the number of phases, plus two. Thus, if the components be salt and water, and the phases salt, ice, saturated solution, and vapor, the system is invariant, that is, there is only one set of conditions under which these four phases can exist in…

A device by which a single-phase current is split into two or more currents differing in phase. It is used in starting single-phase induction motors.

The dephasing of the two parts of a single alternating current in two dissimilar branches of a given circuit.

The French bean, or kidney bean.

Without a phase, or visible form. [R.] "A phaseless and increasing gloom." Poe.

A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.

Same as Inosite.

Pertaining to phase or differences of phase.

o alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly in phase or period.

Any of several transformers (there must be at least two) for changing phase.

See Phase. Creech.

An apparition; a phantom; an appearance. [R.] Hammond. Sir T. Herbert.

Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidæ, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.