Both Uses
phenomenon
in
Blood Brothers, by Nora Roberts
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- I had myself what we could call a close encounter with an unspecified phenomenon.†
p. 52.6phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Following any whiff of information about devils, demons, unexplained phenomenon.†
p. 235.8 *
Definitions:
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(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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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In philosophy, a phenomenon is something as known through the senses. It is contrasted with a noumenon.