different between marked vs observable

English

Etymology 1

mark (“sign, characteristic, visible impression”) +? -ed

Alternative forms

• markèd

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??k?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m??kt/
• (some North American dialects, adjective: clearly evident): IPA^(key): /?m??k?d/, /?m??k?d/

Adjective

marked (comparative more marked, superlative most marked)

1. Having a visible or identifying mark.
   1. (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
2. Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
3. (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.

   e.g. in author and authoress, the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.

4. Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.

5. (of a police vehicle) In police livery, as opposed to unmarked.

Usage notes

• This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes written markèd, with a grave accent. This is meant to indicate that the second e is pronounced as /?/, rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective’s disyllabicity be made explicit.

Synonyms

• (having a visible or identifying mark): See also Thesaurus:marked
• (clearly evident): manifest, noticeable, obtrusive, palpable, patent
• (distinguished by a positive feature):
• (singled out): singled out, targeted
• (in police livery):

Antonyms

• unmarked

Hyponyms

• pockmarked

Translations

Etymology 2

mark (“verb senses”) +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??kt/
• Rhymes: -??(r)kt

Verb

marked

1. simple past tense and past participle of mark

Anagrams

• demark

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse markaðr, marknaðr (“market”), from northern Old French market, from Old French marchiet, from Latin merc?tus (“market”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål marked, Swedish marknad, Faroese marknaður, Icelandic markaður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mark?d/, [?m????ð?]

Noun

marked n (singular definite markedet, plural indefinite markeder)

1. market
2. fair
3. emporium

Declension

Further reading

• “marked” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “marked” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin mercatus, via Old French market and Old Norse markaðr and marknaðr

Noun

marked n (definite singular markedet, indefinite plural marked or markeder, definite plural markeda or markedene)

1. a market

Derived terms

See also

• marknad (Nynorsk)

References

• “marked” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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.