All 7 Uses
phenomenon
in
Jurassic Park
(Edited)
- The second feature is the puzzling biweekly spiking, which seems to suggest some kind of alternating phenomenon is at work.
p. 100.3phenomenon = something that exists and is of special interest
- So I conclude that some other phenomenon, such as a new variety of flu, is causing the fluctuations you see in the graph.
p. 101.1 *
- It says that you can never predict certain phenomena at all.
p. 178.1phenomena = observable things
- Because in fact there are great categories of phenomena that are inherently unpredictable.
p. 178.4
- "Modesty forbids me," Malcolm said, "from telling you the details of a phenomenon named after me."
p. 271.8phenomenon = something that exists and is of special interest
- But the phenomenon happens to be particularly well documented in frogs.
p. 420.3
- What phenomenon is that?
p. 420.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(phenomenon) 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.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In philosophy, a phenomenon is something as known through the senses. It is contrasted with a noumenon.