Observable vs Detectable - What's the difference?
observable | detectable |
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
(physics) Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties
That which can be detected, noticeable.
As adjectives the difference between observable and detectable
is that observable is able to be observed while detectable is detectable.As a noun observable
is (physics) any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties.observable
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(en adjective)Noun
(wikipedia observable) (en noun)- 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 .
detectable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.