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  • 71phenomenon — n. (pl. phenomena) 1 a fact or occurrence that appears or is perceived, esp. one of which the cause is in question. 2 a remarkable person or thing. 3 Philos. the object of a person s perception; what the senses or the mind notice. Etymology: LL f …

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  • 72Phenomenon, phantom limb — In the phantom limb syndrome, a person continues to feel sensations, usually including pain, in an arm or leg long after the limb has been amputated. Phantom sensations can occur in any of the senses. People who have lost much of their vision… …

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  • 73Abduction phenomenon — The term abduction phenomenon describes claims of non human creatures kidnapping individuals and temporarily removing them from familiar terrestrial surroundings. People alleged to have been abducted are called abductees or experiencers. The… …

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  • 74Raynaud's phenomenon — Infobox Disease Name = Raynauds phenomenon Caption = Hands with Raynaud s phenomenon DiseasesDB = 25933 ICD10 = ICD10|I|73|0|i|70 ICD9 = ICD9|443.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1993 MeshID = D011928 Raynaud s… …

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  • 75The Phenomenon of Man — ( Le Phénomène Humain , 1955) is a non fiction book written by French philosopher, paleontologist and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. In this work, Teilhard describes evolution as a process that leads to increasing complexity,… …

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  • 76Gibbs phenomenon — In mathematics, the Gibbs phenomenon (also known as ringing artifacts), named after the American physicist J. Willard Gibbs, is the peculiar manner in which the Fourier series of a piecewise continuously differentiable periodic function f behaves …

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  • 77Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon — Various perspectives on the abduction phenomenon have formed in order to explain the fantastical claims some have made of being forcibly taken and examined by apparently otherworldly beings. The prime differences between these perspectives lie in …

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  • 78Narrative of the abduction phenomenon — The narrative of the abduction phenomenon is an alleged core of similarity in contents and chronology underlying various claims of forced temporary abduction of humans by apparently otherworldly beings. Proponents of the abduction phenomenon… …

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  • 80Death row phenomenon — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …

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