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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle [syn: multiphase, polyphase]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1891 having or producing two or more phases <a polyphase machine> <a polyphase current>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Electr. (of a device or circuit) designed to supply or use simultaneously several alternating currents of the same voltage but with different phases.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Polyphase Pol"y*phase, a. [Poly- + phase.] (Elec.) Having or producing two or more phases; multiphase; as, a polyphase machine, a machine producing two or more pressure waves of electro-motive force, differing in phase; a polyphase current.