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Measurable vs Observable - What's the difference?

measurable | observable |

As adjectives the difference between measurable and observable

is that measurable is able to be measured while observable is able to be observed.

As nouns the difference between measurable and observable

is that measurable is that which can be measured; a metric while observable is any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties.

measurable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be measured.
  • Of significant importance.

    • Related terms

    * mensurable * measurability

    Derived terms

    * measurable function * Borel measurable * Lebesgue measurable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which can be measured; a metric.

    • 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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