phenomenon.
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
Meaning & usage
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).
An electromagnetic phenomenon.
A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
A volcanic eruption is an impressive phenomenon.
Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon From Late Latin phaenomenon (“appearance”), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”), neuter present middle participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
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