English > physical phenomenon: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon| Meaning | A natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy. |
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| Narrower | acoustic phenomenon | A physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound |
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| atmospheric phenomenon | A physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere |
| boundary layer | The layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface |
| chaos | The formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos |
| chop | The irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide) |
| cloud | Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible |
| conduction, conductivity | The transmission of heat or electricity or sound |
| decalescence | phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase / increase / increase |
| electrical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon involving electricity |
| electricity | A physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons |
| energy, free energy | (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work |
| energy | Any source of usable power |
| event | A phenomenon located at a single point / point in space-time |
| field, field of force, force field | The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it |
| flotation, floatation | The phenomenon of floating / floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid / liquid without sinking) |
| force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
| hysteresis | The lagging of an effect behind its cause |
| interaction, fundamental interaction | (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields |
| mechanical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion / motion of objects |
| opacity | The phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation |
| optical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon related to or involving light |
| power | (physics) the rate of doing work |
| pressure, pressure level, force per unit area | The force applied to a unit area of surface |
| propagation | The movement of a wave through a medium |
| reflection, reflexion | The phenomenon of a propagating / propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface |
| refraction | The change in direction of a propagating / propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another |
| resolution | (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display |
| resolving power, resolution | The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together |
| resonance | An excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation |
| surface tension | A phenomenon at the surface of a liquid / liquid caused by intermolecular forces |
| syzygy | The straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system |
| transparency, transparence | permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation |
| turbulence, turbulency | unstable flow of a liquid / liquid or gas |
| Broader | natural phenomenon | All phenomena that are not artificial |
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| Spanish | fenómeno físico |
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| Catalan | fenomen físic |
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