observable
pronunciation
How to pronounce observable in British English:
UK [əbˈzɜ:vəbl]
How to pronounce observable in American English:
US [əbˈzɜrvəbl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being seen or noticed
Word Origin
- observable (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin observabilis "remarkable, observable," from observare (see observe). Related: Observably; observability.
Example
- 1. His large attempt was to find common ground between the observable natural world and the worlds of myths and mysticism .
- 2. These behavior patterns are observable and quantifiable , and they repeat themselves with statistical reliability .
- 3. No longer are we constrained simply to infer mental functions from observable behavior .
- 4. There 's no observable connection between the two events .
- 5. Their observable universe also used to be the size of a grapefruit .