Meaning of observation | Babel Free

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1. The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
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2. The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
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3. quick to notice. An observant boy remembered the car's registration number. oplettend, opmerksaam دَقيق المُلاحَظَه наблюдател atento pozorný aufmerksam opmærksom παρατηρητικόςobservador tähelepanelik تیز بین tarkkaavainen observateur בַּעַל עַיִן בּוֹחֶנֶת प्रेक्षक pozoran, pomnjiv figyelmes, jó megfigyelő jeli athugull attento, perspicace 注意深い 지각력이 예민한 pastabus vērīgs tajam daya pemerhatian oplettendoppmerksom, observantspostrzegawczy د ښى حافظى درلودونكى،هوشيار atento cu spirit de observaţ...
4. A remark or comment.
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5. a place for observing and studying the stars, weather etc. observatorium مَرْصَد обсерватория observatório observatoř das Observatorium observatorium αστεροσκοπείοobservatorio observatoorium رصدخانه observatorio observatoireמצפה वेधशाला opservatorij, promatračnica obszervatórium observatorium (stjörnu)athugunarstöð osservatorio 観測所 관측소, 천문대 observatorija observatorija balai cerap sterrenwachtobservatoriumobserwatorium د نجوم او هوا پيژندنى مركز observatório observator (astronomic) обсерватори...
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6. A judgement based on observing.
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7. a person who observes. waarnemer مُراقِب наблюдател observador pozorovatel, -ka der/die Beobachter(in) observatør παρατηρητήςobservador vaatleja ناظر؛ مراقب tarkkailija observateur/-trice צופה प्रेक्षक, पर्यवेक्षक promatrač (meg)figyelő pengamat athugandi, skoðandi osservatore, osservatrice 観測者 관찰자 stebėtojas, apžvalgininkas novērotājs; komentētājs pemerhati waarnemeriakttaker, observatørobserwator پام ساتونكى،ناظر observador ob­ser­vator наблюдатель; обозреватель pozorovateľ, -ka opazovalec ...
8. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
   countable, uncountable
9. observación, examen, estudio.
10. A regime under which a subject is routinely observed.
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11. The act of observing: observations of a rare bird.
12. A realization of a random variable.
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13. The act or process of perceiving something, such as a phenomenon, often by means of an instrument, and making a record of the resulting information.
14. An inference, judgment, or remark that is made by observing: made some sharp observations about the movie.
15. the act of observing or the state of being observed
16. a comment or remark
17. detailed examination of phenomena prior to analysis, diagnosis, or interpretation: the patient was under observation.

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Examples

“But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.”

“The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.”

“That's a foolish observation.”

“To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.”

“This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially.”

“We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances.”

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