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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phenomenon \Phe*nom"e*non\, n.; pl {Phenomena}. [L.
phaenomenon, Gr faino`menon, fr fai`nesqai to appear,
fai`nein to show See {Phantom}.]
1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or
spirit, is apparent to or is apprehended by observation;
as the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity;
phenomena of imagination or memory.
In the phenomena of the material world, and in many
of the phenomena of mind. --Stewart.
2. That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or
unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person,
thing or occurrence; as a musical phenomenon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
phenomenon
n 1: any state or process known through the senses rather than by
intuition or reasoning
2: a remarkable development
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