observable
/əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/US/əbˈzɝ.və.bəl/
observable adjective: able to be observed.
Adjective
observable (comparative more observable, superlative most observable)
- Able to be observed.
- The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe.
- In 1913, in the same year that Mother's Day became a nationally observable holiday, the American people passed another milestone: for the first time in American history more than one person in one thousand was divorced.2004, John Lukacs, A New Republic: A History of the United States in the Twentieth Century
- Synonyms:
- noticeable
- Deserving to be observed; worth regarding; remarkable.
- Both were observable figures; one a personable individual of foreign cut, the other—obviously in spite of his well-wrapped-up form—a pronounced cripple.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- Synonyms:
- eminent
Noun
observable (plural observables)
- Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties.
- Temperature is an observable but entropy is derived.
- In quantum mechanics, observables correspond to Hermitian operators. Also, they act a lot like random variables. Taking their expected value one may recover something resembling a classical observable.
observable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
observable in Hindi
- able to be observed
- प्रेक्षणीय prekṣaṇīya
observable in Tamil
- நோக்கக்கூடிய, நோக்கத்தகுகணியம், நோக்கியறியத்தக்க
observable in Urdu
- observable, perceptible
- ادراک پذیر idrāk pazīr
observable in Bengali
- পর্যবেক্ষণযোগ্য, লক্ষ্যণীয়
More languagesFewer languages
- observable in Malayalam
- നിരീക്ഷിക്കാവുന്ന, കാണാവുന്ന, തിരിച്ചറിയാവുന്ന, അക്ഷിഗോചര
- observable in Kannada
- ಗಮನಿಸಬಹುದಾದ
- observable in Punjabi
- ਨਿਰੀਖਣਯੋਗ, ਨਿਰੀਖਣ ਯੋਗ
- observable in Gujarati
- અવલોકનક્ષમ, અવલોકનપાત્ર
- observable in Odia
- ପର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ବେକ୍ଷଣଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼, ପର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ବେକ୍ଷଣ ଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼
- observable in Sanskrit
- लक्ष्य lakṣya
- observable in Nepali
- अवलोकनयोग्य, अवलोकन योग्य
Examples of observable in a sentence
- Immediately observable were avulsion of several teeth and extensive lacerations and bruising to the face.
- An aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
- The observable universe is about one ronnametre in diameter.
Synonyms of observable
Forms of observable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more observable |
| superlative | most observable |
| Noun | |
| plural | observables |
Origin of observable
From observe + -able.
Words formed from observable
Phrases with observable
Questions about observable
- What does observable mean?
- Observable means able to be observed.
- What is observable in Hindi?
- Observable in Hindi is प्रेक्षणीय (prekṣaṇīya). See Observable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is observable?
- Observable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce observable?
- Observable is pronounced /əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/ (UK).
Words near observable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: observable (page history and authors); observable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادراک پذیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); observable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); observable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); observable (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); observable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); observable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); observable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); लक्ष्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); observable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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