phenomena
Multiple Entries:phenomena phenomenon
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phenomena/fəˈnɒmɪnə/
plural form of phenomenon.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phenomenon/fəˈnɒmɪnən/
▶noun (pl. phenomena)
- 1 a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause is in question.
- 2 Philosophy the object of a person's perception.
- 3 a remarkable person or thing.
– origin C16: via late L. from Gk phainomenon ‘thing appearing to view’, based on phainein ‘to show’.
usage: The word phenomenon comes from Greek, and its plural form is phenomena. In standard English it is a mistake to treat phenomena as if it were a singular form.
'phenomena' also found in these Oxford entries:
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- animism
- astral
- behaviouralism
- bioelectric
- biophysics
- Brahman
- charge
- chronobiology
- complementarity
- dynamism
- electric
- electrochemistry
- electrophysiology
- Fortean
- functionalism
- historicism
- ley
- mechanical
- mechanism
- mentalism
- meteorology
- microphysics
- natural law
- nature
- nature study
- observatory
- occult
- oceanography
- od
- paranormal
- parapsychic
- parapsychology
- percipient
- phenology
- phenomenology
- phenomenon
- physics
- physio-
- plate tectonics
- psi
- psionic
- psychic
- psychobiology
- psychophysics
- psychophysiology
- seismology
- spirit
- statistical mechanics
