observable
/əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Deserving to be observed; worth regarding; remarkable.
noun
Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Temperature is an observable but entropy is derived."
Etymology
Etymology tree English observe Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English observable From observe + -able.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/
- British English: /əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/