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What does 'the dark phase' mean?
Answer:
A dark phase may be many things:
- a stage of coloration, as in an animal with a light phase at certain times and a dark phase at other times
- a stage of photosynthesis which does not require light
- a stage in the lunar cycle when the face of the moon appears dark
- a microscopic method which allows viewing of unstained specimens
- the stage in a small business where the entrepreneurs begin to question everything, including themselves.