Appreciable vs Observable - What's the difference?
appreciable | observable | Related terms |
Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; considerable.
* 1865 , , Our Mutual Friend , ch. 15:
* 1915 , , Something New , ch. 1:
* 2002 , John J. Mearsheimer, "Realism, the Real World, and the Academy," in Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies (M. Brecher and F. P. Harvey, eds.), ISBN 9780472088591, p. 27:
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
Appreciable is a related term of observable.
As adjectives the difference between appreciable and observable
is that appreciable is substantial 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.appreciable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A grain of musk will scent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its original weight.
- For an appreciable time he did not think of rising from his seat.
- If NEAsia were a zone of peace, those American forces would be unnecessary and they could be sent home and demobilized, saving the U.S. taxpayer an appreciable sum of money.
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*observable
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Adjective
(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 .