A phase. • One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another. • A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given. • A floor or storey of a house. • A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging. • A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. • A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service. • A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. • A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road. • The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc. • The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing. • A level; one of the areas making up the game. • A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene. • The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale. • An internship. • The notional space within which stereo sounds are positioned, determining where they will appear to come from when played back. • The profession of an actor.