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Conceivable vs Observable - What's the difference?

conceivable | observable |

As adjectives the difference between conceivable and observable

is that conceivable is capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable while observable is able to be observed.

As a noun observable is

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

conceivable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable.

    • Antonyms

    * inconceivable

    Derived terms

    * conceivability * conceivableness * conceivably

    observable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be observed.
  • * The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe
  • Deserving to be observed.
  • * Easter is an observable holiday

    • Noun

    (wikipedia observable) (en noun)
  • (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 average one may recover something resembling a classical '''observable .
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