different between evident vs observable

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin ?vid?ns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ?videor (“to appear plainly”)), from ? (“out”) + vide? (“see”), present participle vid?ns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v?.d?nt/
• Hyphenation: ev?i?dent

Adjective

evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)

1. Obviously true by simple observation.

   It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.

Derived terms

• evidently
• inevident
• self-evident

Related terms

• evidence
• evidential

Translations

Further reading

• evident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• evident in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?vid?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.vi?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.bi?den/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.vi?dent/

Adjective

evident (masculine and feminine plural evidents)

1. obvious; evident

Derived terms

• evidentment

Related terms

• evidència

Further reading

• “evident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

From Latin ?vid?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [evi?d?nt]
• Hyphenation: evi?dent

Adjective

evident (comparative evidenter, superlative am evidentesten)

1. evident

Declension

Further reading

• “evident” in Duden online

Middle French

Adjective

evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)

1. obvious; evident

Descendants

• French: évident

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?vid?ns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

evident m (feminine singular evidenta, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentas)

1. evident

Derived terms

• evidentament

Related terms

• evidéncia

Romanian

Etymology

From French évident, from Latin evidens.

Adjective

evident m or n (feminine singular evident?, masculine plural eviden?i, feminine and neuter plural evidente)

1. obvious

Declension

English

Etymology

observe +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?z??(?)v?b?l/

Adjective

observable (comparative more observable, superlative most observable)

1. Able to be observed.
2. Deserving to be observed; worth regarding; remarkable.

Synonyms

• (able to be observed): noticeable, perceivable; see also Thesaurus:perceptible
• (deserving to be observed): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable

Translations

Noun

observable (plural observables)

1. (physics) Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties

   Temperature is an observable but entropy is derived.

   In quantum mechanics, observables correspond to Hermitian operators. Also, they act a lot like random variables. Taking their expected value one may recover something resembling a classical observable.

Translations

French

Etymology

observer +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.s??.vabl/

Adjective

observable (plural observables)

1. observable

   Antonym: inobservable

Derived terms

• observabilité

Related terms

• observance
• observant
• observateur

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin observ?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obse??bable/, [o??.se????a.??le]

Adjective

observable (plural observables)

1. observable

   Antonym: inobservable

Related terms

References

• “observable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.