triphasic

[trahy-fey-zik]

tri·pha·sic

[trahy-fey-zik]
adjective
1.
having or existing in three phases.
noun
2.
a combination drug given in three phases and eliciting three physiological effects.

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Triphasic is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1900–05; tri- + phase + -ic
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