"phænomenon" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phænomena",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phænomenons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "phenomenon"
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1735, Jerome Lobo, translated by Samuel Johnson, A Voyage to Abyssinia, […], London: […] Elliot and Kay, […], and C. Elliot, Edinburgh, published 1789, page 116",
          "text": "It is eaſy to obſerve how many empty hypotheſis and idle reaſonings the phænomenons of this river have put mankind to the expence of.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "November 16, 1786, Tiberius Cavallo, Magnetical Experiments and Obſervations, page #22",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Archaic spelling of phenomenon."
      ],
      "id": "en-phænomenon-en-noun-77xd04nI",
      "links": [
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "phænomenon"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phænomena",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phænomenons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phænomena",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "phenomenon"
        }
      ],
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        "English archaic forms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms spelled with Æ",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1735, Jerome Lobo, translated by Samuel Johnson, A Voyage to Abyssinia, […], London: […] Elliot and Kay, […], and C. Elliot, Edinburgh, published 1789, page 116",
          "text": "It is eaſy to obſerve how many empty hypotheſis and idle reaſonings the phænomenons of this river have put mankind to the expence of.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "November 16, 1786, Tiberius Cavallo, Magnetical Experiments and Obſervations, page #22",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Archaic spelling of phenomenon."
      ],
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        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "phænomenon"
}