Jim Kelley wrote:
Honestly, Cecil, it's pretty hard to know what you mean considering the
reckless way you throw around the term 'phase'. I'll grant that you
might know what you mean, but I don't see how you can expect anyone else
to.

Jim, if you have trouble understanding the word "phase",
look it up in a technical dictionary. I don't have time
to waste my time teaching everyone the principles of AC
waves in EE201.

But assuming some others are having the same problem as
you: From the IEEE Dictionary:

"phase - The fractional part t/P of the period P through
which t has advanced relative to an arbitrary origin."

FYI: For a signal proportional to cos(x)*cos(wt), the
phase doesn't change with 'x'. That's why standing wave
current cannot be used to measure delay.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com