observation

English

Etymology

From Latin observatio

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

observation (plural observations)

The act of observing, and the fact of being observed.
- 2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:
  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.
The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
A remark or comment.
A judgement based on observing.

Derived terms

observation car

Related terms

Translations

act of observing or being observed

Catalan: observació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 觀察 (cmn), 观察 (cmn) (guānchá)
Czech: pozorování (cs) n
Dutch: waarneming (nl) f
Finnish: havainnointi (fi)
French: observation (fr) f
German: Beobachtung (de) f

Japanese: 観察 (ja) (かんさつ, kansatsu)
Korean: 관찰 (ko) (gwanchal)
Latin: observatio (la) f, animadversio (la) f, notatio (la) f
Romanian: observare (ro) f, observație (ro) f
Russian: наблюдение (ru) (nabljudénije) n
Spanish: observación (es) f, vigilancia (es) f; observancia (es) f
Swahili: mtazamo (sw)
Telugu: పరిశీలన (pariSIlana)
Turkish: gözlem (tr)

recording an event; the record of such noting

Catalan: registre (ca) m, anotació (ca) f
Dutch: waarneming (nl) f, waarnemen (nl) n
Finnish: havainto (fi)
Japanese: 観察 (ja) (かんさつ, kansatsu)

Romanian: observație (ro) f, observare (ro) f
Russian: наблюдение (ru) (nabljudénije) n
Spanish: anotación (es) f, registro (es) m
Swahili: mtazamo (sw)

remark or comment

Catalan: observació (ca) f, comentari (ca) m
Dutch: opmerking (nl) f, waarneming (nl) f
Finnish: huomio (fi), huomautus (fi), kommentti (fi)
French: remarque (fr) f
German: Bemerkung (de) f

Japanese: 論評 (ja) (ronpyō), 所見 (ja) (shoken)
Romanian: observație (ro) f
Russian: замечание (ru) (zamečánije) n
Spanish: observación (es) f, comentario (es) m
Swahili: mtazamo (sw)

judgement

Finnish: päätelmä (fi), päätös (fi)
Japanese: 観察結果 (ja) (kansatsukekka)

Spanish: juicio (es) m, parecer (es) m
Swahili: mtazamo (sw)

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