All 24 Uses
phenomenon
in
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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- THE YEAR 1866 was marked by a bizarre development, an unexplained and downright inexplicable phenomenon that surely no one has forgotten.†
Chpt 1phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.†
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- After I arrived in New York, several people did me the honor of consulting me on the phenomenon in question.†
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- This inexplicable phenomenon is thus explained away—unless it's something else entirely, which, despite everything that has been sighted, studied, explored and experienced, is still possible!†
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- I repeat: opinion had crystallized as to the nature of this phenomenon, and the public accepted without argument the existence of a prodigious creature that had nothing in common with the fabled sea serpent.†
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- This was no mere phosphorescent phenomenon, that much was unmistakable.†
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- This animal, this monster, this natural phenomenon that had puzzled the whole scientific world, that had muddled and misled the minds of seamen in both hemispheres, was, there could be no escaping it, an even more astonishing phenomenon—a phenomenon made by the hand of man.†
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- This animal, this monster, this natural phenomenon that had puzzled the whole scientific world, that had muddled and misled the minds of seamen in both hemispheres, was, there could be no escaping it, an even more astonishing phenomenon—a phenomenon made by the hand of man.†
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- This animal, this monster, this natural phenomenon that had puzzled the whole scientific world, that had muddled and misled the minds of seamen in both hemispheres, was, there could be no escaping it, an even more astonishing phenomenon—a phenomenon made by the hand of man.†
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- From its glare and whiteness, I recognized the electric glow that had played around this underwater boat like some magnificent phosphorescent phenomenon.†
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- I'll spare you the innumerable hypotheses with which we've tried to explain this inexplicable phenomenon, whose secret is yours alone.
Chpt 1 *phenomenon = something that happened and is considered extraordinary
- At the poles you'll see the consequences of this phenomenon, and through this law of farseeing nature, you'll understand why water can freeze only at the surface!†
Chpt 1phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Perhaps some atmospheric condition had intensified this phenomenon?†
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- Conseil couldn't believe his eyes, and he questioned me about the causes of this odd phenomenon.†
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- As for me, I continued to observe this phenomenon.†
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- I was in these seas when that phenomenon occurred and I was able to observe its every phase.†
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- In the middle of the Pacific, tiny infusoria build continents, but here they're built by volcanic phenomena.†
Chpt 2phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- If Master will allow me to finish, I mean that if this phenomenon occurs, it might prove distressing to Mr. de Lesseps, who has gone to such pains to cut through his isthmus!†
Chpt 2phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Agreed, but I repeat, Conseil: such a phenomenon won't occur.†
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- Was I approaching some natural phenomenon still unknown to scientists on shore?†
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- One day perhaps, some volcanic phenomenon will bring these sunken ruins back to the surface of the waves!†
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- Some new phenomenon?†
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- I share Maury's view, and I was able to study the phenomenon in this exclusive setting where ships rarely go.†
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- No matter how heavy the clouds may be, they can't obscure this phenomenon.†
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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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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In philosophy, a phenomenon is something as known through the senses. It is contrasted with a noumenon.