The crust should be golden, even and crunchy. The interior or mie as the French call it, should be airy, even holey. The mie should not stick to your fingers or to your mouth. Baguettes do not store, they are made to be bought and eaten that day.
Definition of phase for Students. 1  1 : a step or part in a series of events or actions : stage I have completed the first phase of my training. 2  2 : the way that the moon or a planet looks to the eye at any time in its series of changes with respect to how it shines The new moon and the full moon are two phases of the moon.
In a half-duplex system, there are still two clearly defined paths/channels, and each party can communicate with the other but not simultaneously; the communication is one direction at a time.