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Definition of Phenomenon
Phenomenon

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.

That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.

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Phenomenon Quotations

It's a phenomenon that we don't really understand.
Russell Johnson

No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.
John A. Wheeler

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
Thomas Carlyle

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
Bette Midler

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.
Pope John Paul II

Phenomenon Translations

phenomenon in Dutch is verschijnsel, fenomeen
phenomenon in German is Erscheinung
phenomenon in Italian is fenomeno

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