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phenomenon |
2 definitions found 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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