observation

1. n. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. Source: opted

2. n. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment. Source: opted

3. n. Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark. Source: opted

4. n. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance. Source: opted

5. n. The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal. Source: opted

6. n. Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc. Source: opted

7. n. The information so acquired. Source: opted

8. n. the act of making and recording a measurement Source: wordnet

9. n. the act of observing; taking a patient look Source: wordnet

10. n. a remark expressing careful consideration Source: wordnet

11. n. facts learned by observing Source: wordnet

12. n. the act of noticing or paying attention Source: wordnet

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