All 7 Uses of
phenomenon
in
Childhood's End
- These held, if George remembered correctly, some fifteen thousand volumes-almost everything of importance that had ever been published on the nebulous subjects of magic, psychic research, divining, telepathy, and the whole range of elusive phenomena lumped in the category of paraphysics.†
Chpt 7phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Er-well, when you consider what the Overlords know about science, I should hardly think they'd be interested in psychic phenomena and all that sort of nonsense.†
Chpt 7
- Rupert didn't pretend to have more than a detached scientific interest in these phenomena.†
Chpt 8
- Curiously enough, the very triviality of the phenomenon was beginning to impress George.†
Chpt 8phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- He seemed to be studying the movement of the plate as if it was just another scientific phenomenon.†
Chpt 8
- All down the ages there have been countless reports of strange phenomena--poltergeists, telepathy, precognition--which you had named but never explained.
Chpt 20 *phenomena = interesting observable things
- We interrupted your development on every cultural level, but in particular we checked all serious work on paranormal phenomena.†
Chpt 20phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
Definition:
something that exists or happened -- especially something of special interest -- sometimes someone or something that is extraordinary
"Phenomenons" and "phenomena" are both appropriate plural forms of this noun. "Phenomena" is generally used in scientific or philosophical contexts.