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phenomena
[fi-nom-uh-nuh]
phenomena
/ ɪˈɒɪə /
noun
a plural of phenomenon
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Usage
As with other plurals of Latin or Greek origin, like media and criteria, there is a tendency to use the plural phenomena as a singular ( This phenomena will not be seen again ), but such use occurs infrequently in edited writing. The plural form phenomenas, though occasionally seen, has even less currency.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phenomena1
First recorded in 1580–90 with spelling phænomena
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Reality TV is a young form of entertainment compared to film and pulp literature, each of which shows correlating phenomena in history.
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Thousands of motels once advertised coin-operated vibrating mattresses and other phenomena from last century.
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Here are five facts and phenomena from the century of history.
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They also research and monitor ocean health, climate change, fisheries and atmospheric phenomena.
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This filters out the blue visible light but allows the longer wavelengths of red light through - this is the same phenomena that gives an orange sunset.
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Phenomena is the plural of phenomenon, which most generally refers to an observable occurrence or circumstance. For example, hurricanes and tornadoes are two kinds of weather phenomena.Phenomenon is also commonly used to refer to an extraordinary event or something that becomes the subject of widespread interest and attention, as in Both films have become worldwide phenomena.Sometimes, phenomenon refers to a person with an extraordinary talent or ability, especially a relatively young person who is considered a prodigy. The word phenom (a shortened form of phenomenon) is commonly used to mean the same thing, as in She became an internationally known chess phenom when she was just 14 years old. This sense of phenomenon is not commonly pluralized as phenomena.Example: Scientists are struggling to explain these strange phenomena, saying they’ve never seen anything like them.
Phenomena is the plural of phenomenon, which most generally refers to an observable occurrence or circumstance. For example, hurricanes and tornadoes are two kinds of weather phenomena.Phenomenon is also commonly used to refer to an extraordinary event or something that becomes the subject of widespread interest and attention, as in Both films have become worldwide phenomena.Sometimes, phenomenon refers to a person with an extraordinary talent or ability, especially a relatively young person who is considered a prodigy. The word phenom (a shortened form of phenomenon) is commonly used to mean the same thing, as in She became an internationally known chess phenom when she was just 14 years old. This sense of phenomenon is not commonly pluralized as phenomena.Example: Scientists are struggling to explain these strange phenomena, saying they’ve never seen anything like them.
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