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  • noun Plural form of observable.

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  • Thus, at best, we could have evidence in favor of what all these theories have in common -- their consequences about "observables" -- we could confirm that they are all empirically adequate -- but we could not have any evidence favoring T's conception of unobservable theoretical entities.

    Scientific Realism Boyd, Richard 2002

  • The important thing is the observables are the same.

    Does Space Expand? Sean 2008

  • “The important thing is the observables are the same.”

    Does Space Expand? Sean 2008

  • But if pleasure be the main object, it will only be experienced in the highest degree by him who goes without book and discovers what old Fuller called the "observables" for himself.

    Afoot in England 1881

  • Statistical techniques allow you to do this based on "observables" such as education, age, AFQT test scores.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • As the preceding paragraph suggests, and as we discuss in more detail in later sections, in Bohmian mechanics there is no need ” and, indeed, no room ” for any "measurement postulates" or axioms governing the behavior of other "observables": Any such axioms would be at best redundant, and would quite possibly be inconsistent.

    Bohmian Mechanics Goldstein, Sheldon 2006

  • Even when one's main interest is one observable (like a will-it-be-stable question based on total chemical energy, or a policy question based on regional average temperature), in my experience a detailed model tends to have a lot of detailed spinoff predictions about other observables.

    Climate Bet Details, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • These new complex phases will contribute to CP violating observables; the CP violation in nature will be more than is predicted by just the standard model.

    A Non-Technical Explanation of Flavo(u)r Physics « Imaginary Potential 2008

  • The name of the experimental game is this: you measure a bunch of CP violating observables, as many as you can get your hands on.

    A Non-Technical Explanation of Flavo(u)r Physics « Imaginary Potential 2008

  • "With our detailed explosion simulations, we could predict observables that indeed closely match actual observations of Type Ia supernovae," said Friedrich Röpke, a co-author of the paper.

    Supernova Simulations Point to White Dwarf Mergers | Universe Today 2010

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