phase
1. The offset of one' s waking-sleeping schedule with respect to the stand ard 24-hour cycle a useful concept among people who often work at night and/or according to no fixed schedule. It is not uncommon to change one' s phase by as much as 6 hours per day on a regul ar basis. "What' s your phase?" "I' ve been getting in about 8 P.M. lately, but I' m going to wrap around to the day schedule by Friday." A person who is roughly 12 hours out of phase is sometimes said to be in "night mode". (The term "day mode" is also (but less frequently) used, meaning you' re working 9 to 5 (or, more likely, 10 to 6).) The act of altering one' s cycle is called "changing phase" "phase shifting" has also been recently reported from Caltech. 2. "change phase the h ard way": To stay awake for a very long time in order to get into a different phase. 3. "change phase the easy way": To stay asleep, etc. However, some claim that either staying awake longer or sleeping longer is easy, and that it is *shortening* your day or night that is really h ard (see wrap around). The "jet lag" that afflicts travelers who cross many time-zone bound aries may be attributed to two distinct causes: the strain of travel per se, and the strain of changing phase. Hackers who suddenly find that they must change phase drastically in a short period of time, p articul arly the h ard way, experience something very like jet lag without travelling. In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ af ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ alt ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ as ] [ at ] [ attribute ] [ au ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ bo ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ con ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ cy ] [ cycle ] [ day mode ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ diff ] [ ding ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ edu ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fix ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hang ] [ hat ] [ hing ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ iff ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ int ] [ io ] [ is ] [ it ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ lag ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ man ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ mode ] [ module ] [ mu ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ night mode ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ offset ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ ping ] [ pl ] [ port ] [ pt ] [ query ] [ rave ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ real ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ sa ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ set ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sl ] [ sleep ] [ so ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ standard ] [ su ] [ sy ] [ T ] [ tc ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ ug ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ wrap around ] [ zone ]
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