| has gloss | (noun) any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
phase, stage |
| lexicalization | eng: phase |
| lexicalization | eng: stage |
| subclass of | (noun) an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
time period, period of time, period |
| has subclass | (noun) the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
diakinesis |
| has subclass | (noun) the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis
diplotene |
| has subclass | (noun) the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
leptotene |
| has subclass | (noun) the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
pachytene |
| has subclass | (noun) a stage in meiosis or mitosis
phase of cell division |
| has subclass | (noun) the second stage of the prophase of meiosis
zygotene |
| has subclass | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
anal stage, anal phase |
| has subclass | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
genital stage, genital phase |
| has subclass | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
latency phase, latency period, latency stage |
| has subclass | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting
oral stage, oral phase |
| has subclass | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
phallic stage, phallic phase |
| has subclass | (noun) any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"
chapter |
| has subclass | (noun) (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
incubation |
| has subclass | (noun) the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)
fertile period, fertile phase |
| has subclass | (noun) the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle)
menstrual phase |
| has subclass | (noun) an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear; "the frenzied elephant was in musth"
musth |
| has subclass | (noun) the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
luteal phase, secretory phase |
| has subclass | (noun) a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"
generation |
| has subclass | (noun) a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
apogee, culmination |
| has subclass | (noun) any time of new development
seedtime |
| has subclass | (noun) that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)
safe period |
| has subclass | c/2002 FIFA World Cup group stages |
| has subclass | c/European Rugby Cup pool stages |
| has subclass | c/Flight phases |
| has subclass | e/Quantum phases |