英和和英

発音

• (英国発音, General Australian) IPA: /əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/, [əbˈzɜː.və.bɫ̩]
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /əbˈzɝ.və.bəl/, [əbˈzɝ.və.bɫ̩]

形容詞

observable (comparative more observable, superlative most observable)

1. Able to be observed.

   The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe.

   • 2004, John Lukacs, A New Republic: A History of the United States in the Twentieth Century:

     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.

   • 2008, David J. Teece, Technological Know-how, Organizational Capabilities, and Strategic Management:

     Although intellectual property rights, such as patents, are highly observable, they are mostly limited to product technologies. Process technologies, or the routines endemic in the firm's production, are not readily observable, and thus cannot be easily imitated.

   • 2019 January 8, Nina Avramova, “AI technology can identify genetic diseases by looking at your face, study says”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 27 November 2022:

     He added, in an email to CNN, that “the collection of increasingly large and well curated medical datasets has enabled AI tools to predict genetic mutations from imaging phenotypes reducing the burden of healthcare systems and improving the way we care for patients.” Phenotypes are observable characteristics.

2. Deserving to be observed; worth regarding; remarkable.
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

     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.

同意語

• (able to be observed): noticeable, perceivable; see also Thesaurus:perceptible
• (deserving to be observed): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable

派生語

名詞

observable (plural observables)

1. (physics) 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.