phenomenon

Plural

phenomena

1. 1.A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

   • In the sense in which we are using the term, the intellectuals are in fact a fairly new phenomenon of history.
   • The Indians, making a hasty inference from a trivial phenomenon, arrived unawares at a probably correct conclusion.
   • The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.

2. 2.A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).

3. 3.Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.

4. 4.A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).

   • A volcanic eruption is an impressive phenomenon.

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