Stage

• any distinct time period in a sequence of events

• (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

• a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

• (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)

• arrange in phases or stages

• adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition

• a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

• a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

• one of the supports for a piece of furniture

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• the limb of an animal used for food

• a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

• a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg

• (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

• a section or portion of a journey or course

• an amount of time

• the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

• (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

• a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

• the end or completion of something

• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations