Definition of observation

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Observation (n.) The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything..

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Hygrometrical :: Hygrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations..
Conscious :: Conscious (a.) Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible..
Note :: Note (n.) Observation; notice; heed.
Self-conscious :: Self-conscious (a.) Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious..
Preliminary :: Preliminary (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations..
Aprosos :: Aprosos (a. & adv.) By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration..
Autopsy :: Autopsy (a.) Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
Empiricism :: Empiricism (n.) The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
Eye :: Eye (n.) Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard.
Observatory :: Observatory (n.) A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena.
Doctrinal :: Doctrinal (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation..
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules..
Geodesy :: Geodesy (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast..
Investigate :: Investigate (v. t.) To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena..
Polariscopic :: Polariscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..
Theodolitic :: Theodolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations..
Word :: Word (n.) A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence..
Ornithoscopy :: Ornithoscopy (n.) Observation of birds and their habits.
Micrology :: Micrology (n.) That part of science which treats of microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation..
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