- An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or
spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the
phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or
memory. - That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or
unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or
occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.
Purkinje phenomenon Purkinje phenomenon is the perception that the red end of the spectrum decreases in visibility in decreasing illumination faster than the blue end of the spectrum.
Phenomenon Phenomenon refers to anything that appears to an observer; anything that is capable of being perceived.
Phi phenomenon Phi phenomenon is the impression of seeing apparent movement. In its simplest form two lights flashed on and off in quick succession, with the right time
Epiphenomenon Epiphenomenon refers to the philosophy of mind, an event that accompanies another event without having any causal relationship to it.
Cocktail party phenomenon Cocktail party phenomenon is the term used by some psychologists to describe our perceptual ability to deal with several messages at once but attend to only one of them.
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is the inability to recall information that one realizes one knows a result of the difficulty of retrieving information
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