phenomenon

  • 51Phenomenon, Raynaud's — A condition resulting in discoloration of fingers and/or toes when a person is exposed to changes in temperature (cold or hot) or emotional events. The skin discoloration occurs because an abnormal spasm of the blood vessels causes a diminished… …

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  • 52Phenomenon (UFO album) — Infobox Album | Name = Phenomenon Type = Album Artist = UFO Released = May 1974 Recorded = Morgan Studios, London Genre = Hard rock, Heavy metal Length = 39:25 Label = Chrysalis Producer = Leo Lyons Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5… …

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  • 53phenomenon, phenomena — A phenomenon is an observed or observable fact or circumstance, especially one that seems extraordinary or impressive: The phenomenon of a man kissing his dog rather than his wife is not readily explainable. The plural is phenomenons or,… …

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  • 54phenomenon of Olympic culture — olimpinės kultūros fenomenas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Kaskart tobulėjantis derinys žmonijos sukauptų žinių, normų, vertybių, prasmės, elgesio pavyzdžių, atitinkančių Olimpinę chartiją, olimpizmo filosofiją, kurios… …

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  • 55phenomenon — noun (plural phenomena or nons) Etymology: Late Latin phaenomenon, from Greek phainomenon, from neuter of phainomenos, present participle of phainesthai to appear, middle voice of phainein to show more at fancy Date: 1605 1. plural phenomena an… …

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  • 56phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… …

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  • 57phenomenon — Something that is shown, or revealed, or manifest in experience. In Kantian metaphysics the phenomena are objects and events as they appear in our experience, as opposed to objects and events as they are in themselves ( noumena ). It is central… …

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  • 58phenomenon — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, actuality, adventure, amazement, anomaly, apparition, appearance, astonishing thing, astonishment, circumstance, curiosity, episode, event, exception, experience, fact, false image, figure, form,… …

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  • 59phenomenon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prodigy; marvel, wonder; happening, occurrence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Event] Syn. aspect, appearance, happening; see event 1 . 2. [Something amazing] Syn. marvel, wonder, miracle, sensation, phenom*; …

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  • 60phenomenon — see PHANTOM …

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