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the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"

an incidental remark

the act of observing; taking a patient look

the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"

an incidental remark

the act of observing; taking a patient look

an incidental remark

Investigation.

The act or habit of observing.

The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.

Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.

Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.

The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.

Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.

The information so acquired.

The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.

Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.

Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.

The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.

Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.

The information so acquired.

The act of regarding attentively and studying facts and occurrences, gathering data through analyzing, measuring, and drawing conclusions, with the purpose of applying the observed information to theoretical assumptions. Observation as a scientific method in the acquisition of knowledge began in classical antiquity; in modern science and medicine its greatest application is facilitated by modern technology. Observation is one of the components of the research process.

The act, power, or habit of taking notice; that which is noticed or learned; fact of being seen; as, he did not escape observation; a remark.

Investigation.

Act of observing: attention: as distinguished from experiment, the act of recognizing and noting phenomena as they occur in nature: that which is observed: a remark: performance.

Act of observing; attention; remark.

Act of examining a thing by means of the external senses. This word is employed in several acceptations. It expresses-1. The action of observing-2. The aggregate of knowledge, afforded by observation. In French-but not in English-it means the case or history of the phenomena presented by a patient in the course of a disease.

Case-o. Method of, Numerical method.

n. Act of seeing or noticing ; perception ;— act of noting or remarking ; cognition ;— state of being noticeable ; outward appearance ; exhibition ;— notion or inference derived from observing ; animadversion ; note ; remark ;— performance of what is due or prescribed ; ritual practice ; observance;—act of measuring the altitude of the sun, or other heavenly body to determine the latitude and longitude.