plural of phantom midge

An insect in the dipteran family Chaoboridae.

(energy efficiency) The energy that is lost due to standby electronic activity of equipment that is "off", on standby or sleep mode.

(cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, physics) A category of dark energy, where dark energy is not fixed in amount nor in density, and continuously increases over time.

Synonym of state of matter

a type of small wader, (Phalaropus lobatus)

Phalaropus fulicarius, a small wading bird.

(US, Australia) A pharmacy in which therapeutic drugs are created in small batches, generally when the patient needs a formulation which is not readily available from manufactured drugs.

plural of phase modulation

(mathematics) A principle of asymptotic analysis that relies on the cancellation of sinusoids with rapidly varying phase.