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UK
/fɪnˈɒmɪnən/
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[ US /fəˈnɑməˌnɑn/ ]
[ US /fəˈnɑməˌnɑn/ ]
NOUN
- any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
- a remarkable development
How To Use phenomenon In A Sentence
- The phenomenon, called droop, has been a focus of Mr. Nakamura and other faculty members at University of California, Santa Barbara, including Soraa co-founders Steve DenBaars and James Speck . The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights
- We now read that men are to be targeted with a range of pink summer wearables by the high-street fashion chains 'cashing in' on the growing phenomenon of ' metrosexuality.
- Fox relied heavily on the strength of his personal image as a caudillo, which is by no means a new phenomenon in Mexican politics.
- The phenomenon, called tachyphylaxis, means larger and larger doses are needed to have an effect. The Sun
- The letters began pouring in, giving me a broader picture of this phenomenon.
- I was studying a phenomenon known since 1908 as the phototaxy of chloroplasts: the property of some algae living at the surface of ponds to orient their large unique chloroplast according to the intensity of light; if the light was too intense, the chloroplast turned inside the tubular cell to present its edge. Luc Montagnier - Autobiography
- That social science does not examine a phenomenon does not compel us to conclude that the phenomenon does not exist. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings
- All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. Barack Obama
- Music has always had a tendency to glance back over its shoulder at the past, but the last few years has seen an unabashed spate of revivalism, from 60s garage rock posturing to the soi-disant Electro Clash phenomenon.
- He asks whether a general phenomenon would cease to be a feature of a society if particular individuals held different beliefs.