Definitions
any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
Word origin
From Late Latin phaenomenon (“appearance”), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”), neuter present middle participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
Used in a sentence
“The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.”
“The Indians, making a hasty inference from a trivial phenomenon, arrived unawares at a probably correct conclusion.”
“In the sense in which we are using the term, the intellectuals are in fact a fairly new phenomenon of history.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Notable occurrence”10 letters
02“Observable event”10 letters
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