pheno-, phaeno-, phen-, phenomeno-, -phen +
(Greek: to show, to appear, or to display; making evident; literally, "to come to light" or "to bring to light")
Don't confuse the words in this unit with those in the phengo-, pheng- unit.
2. The scientific study of cyclical biological events; such as, flowering, breeding, and migration, in relation to climatic conditions.
3. The recording and study of periodic biotic events, as flowering, breeding, migrations, etc., in relation to climatic and other factors.
Phenological records of the dates on which seasonal phenomena occur and which provide important information on how climate change affects ecosystems over time.
2. Descriptive of an individual or something that is absolutely fantastic and one of a kind in greatness: Ted's students have become phenomenal users of vocabulary knowledge as a result of his phenomenal teaching.
3. Etymology: from Greek phainomenon, from Latin phaenomenon; "that which appears or is seen."
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2. The view that all things, including human beings, consist simply of the aggregate of their observable, sensory qualities.
3. The doctrine, set forth by David Hume and his successors, that percepts and concepts constitute the sole objects of knowledge, with the objects of perception and the nature of the mind itself remaining unknowable.
2. The way in which one perceives and interprets events and one's relationship to them in contrast both to one's objective responses to stimuli and to any inferred unconscious motivation for one's behavior; also, a psychology based on the theory that phenomenology determines behavior.
3. A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account.
2. Things that exist and can be detected by the senses; especially, things which are unusual or interesting: Donald believes in the paranormal and psychic phenomena that he has experienced.
3. Any states or processes known through the sensory faculties of the body rather than by intuition or reasoning: Lightning is an electrical phenomenon which many people have experienced.
4. In medicine: symptoms or occurrences of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease: Fever and inflammation are phenomena of physical ailments.
5. An unusual or extraordinary person, fact, or occurrence: A genius is sometimes called a phenomenon.
6. Etymology: from Greek phainomenon and Latin phaenomenom, "something which is seen or appears."
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2. The physical appearance of an organism as distinguished from its genetic makeup.
The phenotype of an organism depends on which genes are dominant and on the interaction between the genes and the environment.
2. Sensations of light caused by excitations of the retina by mechanical or electrical means rather than by light, as when the eyeballs are pressed through closed lids: "The most common phosphenes are pressure phosphenes, caused by rubbing the closed eyes."
Etymologically related "light, shine, glow" word families: ethero-; fulg-; luco-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; phospho-; photo-; scinti-, scintill-; splendo-.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "appear, visible, visual, manifest, show, see, reveal, look": blep-; delo-; demonstra-; opt-; -orama; pare-; phanero-; phant-; scopo-; spec-; vela-, veal-; video-, visuo-.