rephasing

A restoration of the phase of a system.

Noun

  1. A restoration of the phase of a system.
  2. A change in the timing of a phased system (such as traffic lights).
  3. A rescheduling; especially, a rescheduling of debt repayments or other obligations.
    • Early in 1993, ATN [[[w:Atlantic Tele-Network|Atlantic Tele-Network]]] requested and obtained from the GOG [Government of Guyana] a rephasing of the programme. ATN made this request on the basis of suppliers’ delays,...
    • In addition, the [Executive] Board [of the International Monetary Fund] also approved a rephasing of the country's future disbursements into five equal amounts of SDR 27.6 million (about US$40.7 million). - 2005 June 9,...
    • The Estimate shows a £20m increase in grants to the compensation Agency as a result of rephasing of non-cash provisions from 2009-10 and 2010-11 into 2008-09 (Estimate, p 381). ¶ […] No, this additional funding in...

Origin

From rephase + -ing. The noun follows from the verb.

Forms

rephasings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of rephase