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observation

noun
/ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩/UK/ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/US/əbzə(ɾ)ˈveʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English observacion, borrowed from Middle French observacion. Also a borrowing from French observation and a learned borrowing from Latin observātiō(n-). Morphologically observe + -ation.

  1. derived from observation
  2. derived from observacion
  3. inherited from observacion

Definitions

  1. The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)

    • 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.

  2. The act of noting and recording some event

    The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.

  3. A remark or comment.

    • That's a foolish observation.
    • To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A judgement based on observing.

    2. Performance of what is prescribed

      Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.

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

    3. A regime under which a subject is routinely observed.

    4. A realization of a random variable.

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Derived

counterobservation, Ettore's observation, inobservation, malobservation, misobservation, multiobservation, nonobservation, observational, observation balloon, observation car, observation deck, observation hut, observation post, observation tower, observation tree, observation wheel, participant observation, postobservation, preobservation, reobservation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at observation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at observation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at observation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA