physical phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandphenomenon
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Whether this is aphysicalphenomenonor another artifact of the one-step model is a question for further study.
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For instance, thephysicalphenomenonof "production of a chemical" is described using verb "produce" and noun "chemical" with no specific adjectives.
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Figure 9 illustrates thephysicalphenomenonin simulated images for which backlighter intensity is reduced to enhance contrast within the ablating spikes.
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Here, each element of the body is represented by the constitutive equations describing thephysicalphenomenonassociated with the behavior of the object.
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For instance, we can reduce our theoretical knowledge of aphysicalphenomenonto intuitive cognition by assisting at an appropriate experiment.
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With that, we try to clarify thephysicalphenomenonand to conduct the calculation of the propulsive force.
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Archaeologists are familiar with the analysis of the landscape as aphysicalphenomenonand traditionally emphasize economic-functional aspects of land use from a cultural-ecological perspective.
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However, numerical smoothing is somehow an addedphysicalphenomenonin disguise, a phenomenon which was not part of the original continuous model.
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A synthetic reasoning method based on aphysicalphenomenonknowledge base.
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Saying that speech is aphysicalphenomenonis like saying that playing chess is moving pieces of wood.
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Should we conclude that playing chess is (or is nothing but) moving pieces of wood and that chess is therefore a "physicalphenomenon"?
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Musical technique embraces the totality of all musical means: the organisation of the substance itself and its transformation into aphysicalphenomenon.
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The main design drawback is that the sound of thephysicalphenomenonof interest cannot always be guaranteed to be separated from other environmental sounds.
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As long as the cylinder is not short, the axisymmetric forced-convection boundary-layer flow does not approximate the realphysicalphenomenonwell.
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The design of these policies is, in several cases, inspired byphysicalphenomenon, such as diffusion.
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Faced with a statement like "speech is aphysicalphenomenon," one hardly knows where to begin.
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This is not an accurate description of thephysicalphenomenon, mainly because there is no agreed upon definition of stability.
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