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Definition of Natural phenomenon

1. Noun. All phenomena that are not artificial.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Phenomenon

Literary usage of Natural phenomenon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1874)
"But when the rain in question falls, the artificially evaporated water in part composing it, does not change its character as being a natural phenomenon, ..."

2. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906, and Their Effects by Grove Karl Gilbert, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell (1907)
"THE EARTHQUAKE AS A natural phenomenon. By GK GILBERT. INTRODUCTION. The investigations to which the San Francisco earthquake has given rise are of two ..."

3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1874)
"But when the rain in question falls, the artificially evaporated water in part composing it, does not change its character as being a natural phenomenon, ..."

4. Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1833)
"... the governor of Hawaii—A breakfast scene—Description of an extrusive cavern—Curious natural phenomenon occasioned by the sea—Situation and appearance of ..."

5. Expansion of Races by Charles Edward Woodruff (1909)
"REDUCTION OF BIRTHS AN OLD natural phenomenon Within recent years much attention has been given to the diminishing number of births per 1000 of population, ..."

6. The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea: With Notices of by Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1886)
"... Sulu— Malay dress—Proceedings of the Spaniards with regard to the island—Birds— The crater-lakes—Extraordinary natural phenomenon—The ..."

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