natural phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandphenomenon
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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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 ofnaturalandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is anaturalphenomenonand can occur in any fluid.
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Universalists instead saw people as a whole, anaturalphenomenon; they perceived an individual only as a part of the whole, a secondary entity.
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The radical holists claimed that everything that was not anaturalphenomenonwas culture.
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More importantly, it suggests that the 'triangle-free' condition is not something 'magical', but rather a special case of a more general andnaturalphenomenon.
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A scientific hypothesis is a proposed explanation of somenaturalphenomenon.
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The aim of this overview is to show that discrete and continuous features coexist in anynaturalphenomenon, depending on the scales of observation.
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Like anaturalphenomenon, such as the air to breathe or the sun for warmth, healthcare is there to provide treatment.
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It's a historical goal or target, rather than anaturalphenomenonto be preserved from extinction.
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It appears to be an inevitable andnaturalphenomenonthat exists "out there" as part of nature.
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Formation (or capture) of satellites is anaturalphenomenon, and satellite systems definitely should exist at extrasolar planets.
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Language is no more anaturalphenomenonthan sculpture is; it is one of the shapes of our imagination.
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For one thing, it persuades some people that language is an objectivenaturalphenomenon, not open to aesthetic or moral evaluation.
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Recurrent drought is anaturalphenomenonwhich has decidedly inequitable consequences when cattle ownership is concentrated in few hands.
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But he soon recognized that music was also anaturalphenomenonand had to be investigated by means of experimental science.
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For anaturalphenomenondoes not ask about itself whether it is the business of a mathematician or of a physicist.
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Instead, within the organismic paradigm, autonomy is anaturalphenomenonwith corporeal and mental manifestations.
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But this is a deep subject, provided one accepts capture as anaturalphenomenonlike interference.
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It is indeed remarkable that a medieval document has provided such an accurate factual description of anaturalphenomenon.
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Two animal species and onenaturalphenomenonremain unsatisfactorily explained.
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