observable
noun
🇬🇧 UK
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🇺🇸 US
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Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties
“Temperature is an observable but entropy is derived.”
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Meaning 2 · adjective
Able to be observed.
“The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe.”
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Meaning 3 · adjective
Deserving to be observed; worth regarding; remarkable.
How this word is used
- Everyday “Temperature is an observable but entropy is derived.”
- Everyday “The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe.”
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