observation
noun
an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
observations
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pluralof observation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The light captured by Webb in 2023, which provided the observations used in the study, had actually left the brown dwarf during the year Schrader was born.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
With both scientific instruments meeting or surpassing their expected performance, Roman has cleared another important milestone in its preparation for routine observations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Rather than beginning with detailed assumptions about how the atmosphere should behave, the researchers allowed the observations to reveal the most important processes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The newly identified relationship between feeding rates and jet formation could provide a valuable guide, helping scientists focus their observations on the black holes most likely to produce detectable outflows.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
But Malpighi’s observations had been reported piece by piece to the scientific community more or less as they had been made.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
