In the context of vectors and phasors, the term phase angle refers to the angular component of the polar coordinate representation. The notation for a vector with magnitude (or amplitude) A and phase angle θ, is called angle notation.
In the context of periodic phenomena, such as a wave, phase angle is synonymous with phase.
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“The Indians feel that each stage is crucial and that the child should be allowed to dwell in each for the appropriate period of time so that every aspect of his being can evolve, just as a plant evolves in the proper time and sequence of the seasons. Otherwise, the child never has a chance to master himself in any one phase of his life.”
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“The inhabitants of earth behold commonly but the dark and shadowy under side of heaven’s pavement; it is only when seen at a favorable angle in the horizon, morning or evening, that some faint streaks of the rich lining of the clouds are revealed.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)