A fragment indicating change, transformation, transcendence. One level of description higher. Self-reference.
A part in a periodic process. A stage in a cycle. A discrete and separable part of a system, as is ice from water or the individual from america. An aspect, a part.
The second phase of mitosis or meiosis when the chromosomes are aligned in an orchestrated tug of war between spindle poles. A phase of the divisive period of cellular life.