observational
[ob-zur-vey-shuh-nl]
- of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
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Origin of observational
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Related Words
factual, experimental, observational, empiric, observed, pragmatic, provisional, speculative, experientialExamples from the Web for observational
Contemporary Examples
When a scientific truth arises, it is so because of observational and experimental consensus.
Meanwhile, some of the observational studies don't even show any benefit from insurance.
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any HealthierMegan McArdle
May 1, 2013
In both stories, the detached, observational voice calmly belies the impossibility of ever keeping a job ‘strictly business.’
All the lurking about unnoticed has allowed her to sharpen her observational skills.
Historical Examples
He was hardly a practical astronomer in the observational sense.
KeplerWalter W. Bryant
In twelve months observational astronomy had made such a bound as it has never made before or since.
Pioneers of ScienceOliver Lodge
These are the palmiest days in the eventful history of physical and observational astronomy.
The observational method applied to consciousness gives us the science of psychology.
This first and oldest branch is known as "observational," or "practical astronomy."
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth CenturyAgnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke