stage -
a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
platform a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
theater,
theatre,
house a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
downstage the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)
stage -
any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
scene graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
stage -
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
period of time,
time period,
period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
diakinesis the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
diplotene the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis
leptotene the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
pachytene the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
zygotene the second stage of the prophase of meiosis
anal phase,
anal stage (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
genital phase,
genital stage (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
latency period,
latency phase,
latency stage (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
oral phase,
oral stage (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting
phallic phase,
phallic stage (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
chapter a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
incubation maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
fertile period,
fertile phase the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)
menstrual phase the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle)
musth an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear; "the frenzied elephant was in musth"
luteal phase,
secretory phase the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
generation the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
apogee,
culmination apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
seedtime the time during which seeds should be planted
stage -
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
ladder steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
acme,
tiptop,
superlative,
summit,
pinnacle,
meridian,
height,
peak,
elevation,
top the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
extent the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
standard of life,
standard of living a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group; "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system"
plane a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
state of the art the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time; "the state of the art in space travel"
ultimacy,
ultimateness the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values"
quickening the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
stage -
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
