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natural phenomenon

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Noun1.natural phenomenonnatural phenomenon - all phenomena that are not artificial
phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
chemical phenomenon - any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules)
geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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The immense accretion of flesh which had descended on her in middle life like a flood of lava on a doomed city had changed her from a plump active little woman with a neatly-turned foot and ankle into something as vast and august as a natural phenomenon.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
This superstition may also have arisen, in part, from a natural phenomenon of a singular nature.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Reaching the table-land at last, we found crowds of men roused from their sleep, shivering with fear and huddled up together in the utmost consternation at the natural phenomenon which they were witnessing.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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