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Visible vs Observable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between visible and observable

is that visible is able to be seen while observable is able to be observed.

As a noun observable is

any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties.

visible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be seen.
  • *
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    Synonyms

    * apparent

    Antonyms

    * invisible * hidden

    Related terms

    * evidence * visage * visibility * vision * visionary * visual * visualization * visualize

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    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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