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English noun: optical phenomenon

1. optical phenomenon (phenomenon) a physical phenomenon related to or involving light


Broader (hypernym)physical phenomenon


Narrower (hyponym)aberration, absorption band, diffraction, distortion, fringe, incidence, interference fringe, optical aberration, optical illusion, parallax, pleochroism, polarisation, polarization, Tyndall effect









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