- something that happens at a given place and time
- a special set of circumstances
- a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
💬 Examples
- "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"
- "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
- "the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory"
- "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"