Observation

//ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩//

"Observation" in a Sentence (16 examples)

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

Science is based on careful observation.

Science rests upon observation.

A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.

Close observation is necessary for the experiment.

The very sick baby was under careful observation by the doctors.

There are four major parts to the atmospheric problem: observation, understanding, prediction, and control.

First, they should have right ideas of things, ideas that are based on careful observation, and understand causes of effects and their significance correctly.

A careful observation will show you the difference.

What is especially important is the observation of the traditional values.

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But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.

The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.

That's a foolish observation.

To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.

This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially.

We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances.

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