phænomenon

See also: phaenomenon

English

Noun

phænomenon (plural phænomena or phænomenons)

1. Archaic spelling of phenomenon.
   • 1735, Jerome Lobo, translated by Samuel Johnson, A Voyage to Abyssinia, […], London: […] Elliot and Kay, […], and C. Elliot, Edinburgh, published 1789, page 116:

     It is eaſy to obſerve how many empty hypotheſis and idle reaſonings the phænomenons of this river have put mankind to the expence of.

   • November 16, 1786, Tiberius Cavallo, Magnetical Experiments and Obſervations, page #22:

     This wonderful phænomenon has, ſince it was firſt diſcovered, employed the thoughts of very able philoſophers ; many hypotheſes having been offered, not only for its explanation, but even to foretel the future variations in various parts of the world.