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.
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.
Navigation.
the measurement of the altitude or azimuth of a heavenly body for navigational purposes.
the information obtained by such a measurement.
Obsolete. observance, as of the law.
Origin of observation
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin observātiōn- (stem of observātiō), equivalent to observāt(us) (past participle of observāre to observe) + -iōn--ion
Decision science expert Annie Duke and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman suggest this may be because data-native individuals are adept at assembling disparate observations and facts into a credible narrative.
How to be a fair-pay CEO|matthewheimer|August 25, 2020|Fortune
Averill on the July 23 Zoom call echoed Pridgen’s observations about the pandemic’s impact.
Coronavirus exacerbates disparities for Floridians with HIV/AIDS|Michael K. Lavers|August 19, 2020|Washington Blade
Substantiating a record involves an international committee of atmospheric scientists poring over the original observations, the equipment used to make it and the calibration practices.
Death Valley hits 130° F, the hottest recorded temperature on Earth since 1931|Carolyn Gramling|August 17, 2020|Science News
Those observations revealed prominent dips in particular wavelengths of ultraviolet sunlight that had been absorbed by the ozone, Youngblood, Arney and colleagues report online August 6 in the Astronomical Journal.
Hubble watched a lunar eclipse to see Earth from an alien’s perspective|Maria Temming|August 17, 2020|Science News
While he says their observations suggest some thin gaiters might be problematic, “the press coverage has careened out of control” for a study testing a measuring technique and that looked at just one mask of each type.
4 reasons you shouldn’t trash your neck gaiter based on the new mask study|Jonathan Lambert|August 12, 2020|Science News
Barack Obama was not the first Liberal to make this observation.
The Liberal Case Against Illegal Immigration|Doug McIntyre|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To make matters worse, it is my observation that these policies do not hit all parents equally.
The Doctor’s Note Must Die!|Russell Saunders|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only gauge of normality that young people have is their observation of each other.
Kids Don’t Know How Overweight They Really Are|Russell Saunders|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was giving a little history lesson about the 18th century and making an observation, a promise—or a threat—for the future.
‘New Russia’ on the Rise in Odessa|Anna Nemtsova|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All this observation and self-observation possibly says something very depressing about how insular and self-obsessing we are.