All 29 Uses of
phenomenon
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - trnsl by M - 45 chptrs
- May we not depend upon electric phenomena to give us light?†
Chpt 6
- What then would be those convulsed regions upon which we were advancing, regions subject to the dire phenomena of eruptions, the offspring of volcanic explosions and subterranean convulsions?†
Chpt 12
- We had no time to watch these phenomena; we had to proceed on our way.
Chpt 13 *phenomena = interesting observable things
- At Stapi I beheld this phenomenon in all its beauty.†
Chpt 14
- Now, eruptions are always preceded by certain well-known phenomena.†
Chpt 14
- To the eruption succeeded other volcanic phenomena.†
Chpt 15
- Such was the succession of phenomena which produced Iceland, all arising from the action of internal fire; and to suppose that the mass within did not still exist in a state of liquid incandescence was absurd; and nothing could surpass the absurdity of fancying that it was possible to reach the earth's centre.†
Chpt 15
- This phenomenon, which is not unfrequent when the wind blows from the glaciers, is called in Icelandic 'mistour.'†
Chpt 15
- It must be from some phenomenon proceeding in the great depths amidst which I lay helpless.†
Chpt 28
- If my companions moved but a few steps away, the acoustic phenomenon would cease.†
Chpt 28
- I remember that a similar phenomenon has been observed in many places; amongst others on the internal surface of the gallery of the dome of St. Paul's in London, and especially in the midst of the curious caverns among the quarries near Syracuse, the most wonderful of which is called Dionysius' Ear.†
Chpt 28
- It was like an aurora borealis, a continuous cosmical phenomenon, filling a cavern of sufficient extent to contain an ocean.†
Chpt 30
- I felt as if I was in some distant planet Uranus or Neptune— and in the presence of phenomena of which my terrestrial experience gave me no cognisance.†
Chpt 30
- "Now," said my uncle, "now is the time for high tide, and we must not lose the opportunity to study this phenomenon."†
Chpt 31
- Since our departure from Port Grauben, Professor Liedenbrock had entrusted the log to my care; I was to register every observation, make entries of interesting phenomena, the direction of the wind, the rate of sailing, the way we made—in a word, every particular of our singular voyage.†
Chpt 32
- At any rate, some leagues to the windward there must be some noisy phenomenon, for now the roarings are heard with increasing loudness.†
Chpt 34
- It is not there that we must seek for the cause of this phenomenon.†
Chpt 34
- It is nothing worse than a natural phenomenon.†
Chpt 34
- This theory of the phenomena we had witnessed seemed satisfactory to me; for however great and stupendous the phenomena of nature, fixed physical laws will or may always explain them.†
Chpt 37
- This theory of the phenomena we had witnessed seemed satisfactory to me; for however great and stupendous the phenomena of nature, fixed physical laws will or may always explain them.†
Chpt 37
- By some phenomenon which I am unable to explain, it lighted up all sides of every object equally.†
Chpt 39
- Were we then turning back to where the phenomena of central heat ruled in all their rigour and would reduce the most refractory rocks to the state of a molten liquid?†
Chpt 42
- By the flickering light of the torch I could distinguish contortions in the granite beds; a phenomenon was unfolding in which electricity would play the principal part; then this unbearable heat, this boiling water!†
Chpt 42
- A phenomenon of this kind would not have greatly alarmed me, or at any rate it would not have given rise to dreadful apprehensions.†
Chpt 43
- I have since reflected upon this singular phenomenon without being able to explain it.†
Chpt 43
- The occupant of a professorial chair at the Johannaeum unable to explain the reason of a cosmical phenomenon!†
Chpt 44
- But I admit that certain circumstances not yet sufficiently understood may tend to modify in places the action of natural phenomena.†
Chpt 45
- Now to a man eminent for his learning, an unexplained phenomenon is an unbearable hardship.†
Chpt 45
- But what phenomenon could have caused this reversal of the poles?†
Chpt 45
Definition:
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(phenomenon) something that exists or happened -- especially something of special interest -- sometimes someone or something that is extraordinaryeditor's notes: "Phenomenons" and "phenomena" are both appropriate plural forms of this noun. "Phenomena" is generally used in scientific or philosophical contexts.