different between striking vs observable
striking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?a?k??/
- Rhymes: -a?k??
Adjective
striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)
- Making a strong impression.
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
- 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):
- This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
Translations
Verb
striking
- present participle of strike
Noun
striking (plural strikings)
- The act by which something strikes or is struck.
- 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
- We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?
- 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
Anagrams
- skirting
striking From the web:
- what striking means
- what does striking mean
observable
English
Etymology
observe +? -able
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?z??(?)v?b?l/
Adjective
observable (comparative more observable, superlative most observable)
- Able to be observed.
- 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)
- (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)
- 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)
- observable
- Antonym: inobservable
Related terms
References
- “observable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
observable From the web:
- what observable cellular process explains
- what observable features in trypanosoma
- what observable universe means
- what observable in angular
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