phasic
/ˈfeɪzɪk/adjective
phasic is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to phases” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-H-A-S-I-C, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does phasic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to phases.
- 2
Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce phasic?
- /ˈfeɪzɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phasic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phasic
- more phasic comparative
- most phasic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is phasic?
Phasic appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Phasic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to phase:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does phasic come from?
From phase + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).