Polyphase

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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