Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 14 compound words that contain phenomenon. The most common are listed below. Open phenomenon in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- Gibbs phenomenonA behaviour of the Fourier series approximation at a jump discontinuity of a piecewise continuously differentiable periodic function, such that partial sums exhibit an oscillation peak adjacent the discontinuity that may overshoot the …
- unidentified aerial phenomenonSynonym of unidentified flying object: Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.
- unexplained aerial phenomenonSynonym of unidentified aerial phenomenon (“UAP”).
- Raynaud's phenomenonA condition of the hands and feet becoming discoloured, typically white, red, and blue, caused by an altered blood flow brought about by cold, or stress.
- Will Rogers phenomenonThe situation where moving an observation from one group to another increases the average of both groups.
- Jod-Basedow phenomenonhyperthyroidism following administration of iodine or iodide
- Kohnstamm's phenomenonThe sustained involuntary contraction of a muscle after a prolonged voluntary contraction.
- Runge's phenomenonA problem of oscillation at the edges of an interval that occurs when using polynomial interpolation with polynomials of high degree over a set of equispaced interpolation points.
- Stein's phenomenonSynonym of Stein's example: The observation that, when three or more parameters are estimated simultaneously, there exist combined estimators more accurate on average (that is, having lower expected mean squared error) than any method that …
- Uhthoff's phenomenonThe worsening of neurological symptoms in multiple sclerosis and similar conditions when the body becomes overheated.
- phi phenomenonThe optical illusion whereby viewing a series of still images in rapid succession gives the impression of continuous motion.
- rebound phenomenonSynonym of rebound effect: The emergence or reemergence of symptoms, often with greater severity, when a medicine prescribed to suppress the original symptoms is reduced or discontinued.
- impostor phenomenonSynonym of impostor syndrome: A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize their accomplishments, remaining convinced that they do not deserve any accompanying success.
- Mariko Aoki phenomenonThe common urge to defecate when entering a bookstore or library.
- Baader-Meinhof phenomenonA cognitive bias by which a recently learned word, concept, etc. suddenly seems to appear with improbable frequency.
- windshield phenomenonThe anecdotal observed decrease in the number of insects splattering across windshields during road trips across the years.
- small-world phenomenonThe phenomenon that human society resembles a small-world network with short path lengths, i.e. any two human beings tend to be linked through a small chain of friends of friends.
- Holmes rebound phenomenonA sign of cerebellar disease characterized by certain abnormal movements in the patient's arm.
- fis phenomenonThe observation that a child's perception of phonemes occurs earlier than the ability to produce them.
- windscreen phenomenonSynonym of windshield phenomenon: The anecdotal observed decrease in the number of insects splattering across windshields during road trips across the years.
- nutcracker phenomenonSynonym of nutcracker syndrome: A disorder involving the compression of the left renal vein between the abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery (or various similar conditions).
- Marcus Gunn phenomenonAn autosomal-dominant synkinesis in which two or more muscles that are independently innervated have simultaneous or coordinated movements.
- Koebner phenomenonThe tendency for skin lesions to appear on lines of trauma.
- QWERTY phenomenonSynonym of qwerty syndrome: The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior ones.
- Ferranti phenomenonFerranti effect
Compound words 14
- phenomenalVery remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
- phenomenologyThe study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.
- epiphenomenonAn activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence.
- KamalanomenonThe political and social media momentum of Kamala Harris during her 2024 United States presidential campaign.
- phenomenizeTo bring into the realm of experience.
- subphenomenonA phenomenon which forms part of a larger phenomenon.
- echophenomenonAny of a group of automatic imitative actions performed without explicit awareness of the individual, including echolalia, echopraxia, echographia and so forth.
- macrophenomenonA macroscale phenomenon.
- metaphenomenonSomething that can only be perceived through abstract thought rather than by the senses.
- microphenomenonA microscale phenomenon.