Observable vs Nonobservable - What's the difference?
observable | nonobservable |
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
As adjectives the difference between observable and nonobservable
is that observable is able to be observed while nonobservable is not observable.As nouns the difference between observable and nonobservable
is that observable is (physics) any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties while nonobservable is that which is not observable.observable
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(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 .