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Meaning of 'observation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Observation [ n.]
- The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.
- The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.
- Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.
- Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
- The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.
- Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.
- The information so acquired.

Meaning of 'observation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . observation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of noticing or paying attention
Example in sentence:
  • he escaped the notice of the police
Meaning (2):
- facts learned by observing
Example in sentence:
  • he reported his observations to the mayor

Nearby Words:

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