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observational

/ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃənəl//ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənəl/

observational adjective: relating to observation, especially scientific observation.

Adjective

observational (comparative more observational, superlative most observational)

  1. Relating to observation, especially scientific observation.
    • The essential fact is simply that all the pictures which science now draws of nature, and which alone seem capable of according with observational fact, are mathematical pictures.1931, Sir James Hopwood Jeans, “Into the Deep Waters”, in The Mysterious Universe, Cambridge UP, page 111
    • An alternative way of defending the proposal to conflate NP MOVEMENT with XP MOVEMENT would be to question the observational adequacy of the claim that NP MOVEMENT only ever has NP constituents as its target.1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 10, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 535

observational meaning in Tamil

observational in Tamil

நோக்கற்குரிய

Examples of observational in a sentence

  • Methods 30 ARDS patients and 30 mechanically ventilated controls were prospectively included in this monocenter observational study.
  • Mystery shopping is, therefore, classified as an observational marketing research method even though communication is often involved.
  • The exsiccatae formed a genre ideally suited to the observational skills of these most local of collectors.

All 18 example sentences with observational

Forms of observational

comparativemore observational
superlativemost observational

Origin of observational

From observation + -al.

Words formed from observational

Phrases with observational

Questions about observational

What does observational mean?
Observational means relating to observation, especially scientific observation.
What is observational in Tamil?
Observational in Tamil is நோக்கற்குரிய. See Observational meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is observational?
Observational is an adjective.
How do you pronounce observational?
Observational is pronounced /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃənəl/ (UK).

Words near observational in the dictionary

  1. observation tower
  2. observation towers
  3. observation tree
  4. observation wheel
  5. observation wheels
  6. observational
  7. observational comedy
  8. observational error
  9. observational errors
  10. observational learning
  11. observationalism

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