La fase indica la situación instantánea en el ciclo, de una magnitud que varía cíclicamente, siendo la fracción del periodo transcurrido desde el instante correspondiente al estado tomado como referencia. Podemos representar un ciclo en un círculo de 360º, diciendo que «fase» es la diferencia en grados entre un punto sobre este círculo y un punto de referencia, una rotación de 360º es equivalente a un ciclo completo.

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Phase is the position of a point in time (an instant) on a waveform cycle. A complete cycle is defined as the interval required for the waveform to return to its arbitrary initial value. The graphic to the right shows how one cycle constitutes 360° of phase. The graphic also shows how phase is sometimes expressed in radians, where one radian of phase equals approximately 57.3°. Phase can also be an expression of relative displacement between two corresponding features (for example, peaks or zero crossings) of two waveforms having the same frequency. In sinusoidal functions or in waves "phase" has two different, but closely related, meanings. One is the initial angle of a sinusoidal function at its origin and is sometimes called phase offset or phase difference. Another usage is the fraction of the wave cycle that has elapsed relative to the origin.

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