physical phenomenon
C1598
concept
A physical phenomenon is any observable event or process that arises from the behavior and interactions of matter and energy according to the laws of physics.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| physical phenomenon canonical | 44 |
| physical effect | 8 |
| quantum mechanical phenomenon | 8 |
| fluid dynamics phenomenon | 7 |
| optical phenomenon | 7 |
| physical process | 6 |
| diffraction phenomenon | 2 |
| solid-state physics phenomenon | 2 |
| atmospheric optical phenomenon | 1 |
| condensed matter physics phenomenon | 1 |
| electronic phenomenon | 1 |
| gravitational phenomenon | 1 |
| physical interaction | 1 |
| physical mechanism | 1 |
| surface-tension-related phenomenon | 1 |
| wave phenomenon | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: physical phenomenon
Generated description
A physical phenomenon is any observable event or process that arises from the behavior and interactions of matter and energy according to the laws of physics.
Instances (87)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Thomson scattering | physical process |
|
Thomas A. Chalmers
surface form:
Szilard–Chalmers effect
|
physical effect |
| Cotton–Mouton effect | — |
| magneto-optical Kerr effect | — |
| Klein paradox | quantum mechanical phenomenon |
| Kármán vortex street | fluid dynamics phenomenon |
| Urbach tail | optical phenomenon |
| Coulomb gap | — |
| de Haas–van Alphen effect | solid-state physics phenomenon |
| Laplace pressure | surface-tension-related phenomenon |
|
Zeeman
surface form:
Zeeman effect
|
— |
| Cherenkov radiation | — |
| quantum Hall effect | condensed matter physics phenomenon |
| Tyndall effect | optical phenomenon |
| Gibbons–Hawking temperature | gravitational phenomenon |
| Casimir effect | physical effect |
| Josephson effect | quantum mechanical phenomenon |
|
Josephson
surface form:
Josephson effect
|
— |
| Rainbow | optical phenomenon |
| Taylor–Couette flow | fluid dynamics phenomenon |
| Mullins–Sekerka instability | — |
| Segré–Silberberg effect | fluid dynamics phenomenon |
| Talbot effect | optical phenomenon |
| Slichter–Hebel coherence peak | — |
|
Brillouin
surface form:
Brillouin scattering
|
— |
| Bloch oscillations | quantum mechanical phenomenon |
| Gunn effect | electronic phenomenon |
| Penrose process for energy extraction | physical process |
| Brocken spectre | atmospheric optical phenomenon |
| Sachs–Wolfe effect | — |
| MSW effect | — |
| Meissner effect | — |
|
Germer
surface form:
electron diffraction
|
— |
| Mach cone | — |
| Rabi splitting | — |
| Röntgen radiation | — |
| Compton effect | — |