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In a true N phase system the voltages in each isolated phase are at 360/N degrees electrically. In the NA system there are 3 such phases, each 220 V and each at 360/3 = 120 degrees to the other. It is customary to split each of these phases into 2 x 110V portions. Each of these is constrained to be at the same electrical rotation by virtue 9and constraint) of being on the same core of a 3 phase transformer and are unable to be isolated electrically without the provision of an additional isolating transformer. The two split phases do not meet any of the usual constraints usually implied by the term "separate phases"