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observations

[ob-zur-vey-shuhn]

noun

an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.

an act or instance of regarding attentively or watching.

the faculty or habit of observing or noticing.

notice: to escape a person's observation.

an act or instance of viewing or noting a fact or occurrence for some scientific or other special purpose: the observation of blood pressure under stress.

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the information or record secured by such an act.

something that is learned in the course of observing things: My observation is that such clouds mean a storm.

a remark, comment, or statement based on what one has noticed or observed.

the condition of being observed.

10.

Navigation.

the measurement of the altitude or azimuth of a heavenly body for navigational purposes.

the information obtained by such a measurement.

11.

Obsolete. observance, as of the law.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin observātiōn- (stem of observātiō), equivalent to observāt(us) (past participle of observāre to observe) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

non·ob·ser·va·tion, noun

pre·ob·ser·va·tion, noun

re·ob·ser·va·tion, noun

self-ob·ser·va·tion, noun

Can be confused: observance, observation.

Synonyms
3. attention. 8. pronouncement, opinion. See remark.

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