observable phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobservableandphenomenon
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observable
adjective
uk/əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/us/əbˈzɝː.və.bəl/
that can be noticed ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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When integrated along all possible paths, with a phase factor proportional to the path length, the interference of the wave-functions correctly predicts observable phenomena.
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The second implicit qualification is that looks the same does not mean physical structures necessarily, but the effects of physical laws in observable phenomena.
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Its internal movements, its waves, create vortices within it, which give rise to all the observable phenomena of the world.
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Any theory of everything is similarly expected to be based on axioms and to deduce all observable phenomena from them.
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Policy is an analytic category constructed by the analyst rather than a directlyobservablephenomenon.
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Quantitative research is the backing to mostobservablephenomenonin psychology.
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After all, morals involve human behavior, anobservablephenomenon, and science is the study of observable phenomena.
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It is a mode of thinking that addresses the lacunae of culture, reminding us that culture does not only exist in observable phenomena.
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The collective fields in turn react back onto the beam leading to many clearly observable phenomena.
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In order for such questions to be answerable, however, there has to be certainty that indeed particular observable phenomena are due to transfer.
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The feminist critic can argue that new theories would (or might) produce new observational content about qualitatively different but nevertheless observable phenomena.
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And the explanation sought typically relates more or less measurable or observable phenomena to each other.
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Abstractions may be formed by reducing the information content of a concept or anobservablephenomenon, typically to retain only information which is relevant for a particular purpose.
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This is not to suggest that phonological processes may not also be involved, but processes such as weakening and lexical diffusion are theoretical constructs rather than directly observable phenomena.
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Individuals differ in the extent to which they go beyond observable phenomena to explain their own or others' actions in terms of beliefs, desires, plans, and so on.
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Partly in opposition to this more traditional exercise of logic and rhetoric, a strong tide was rising in the thirteenth century, the study of observable phenomena.
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A validation of certain clinically observable phenomena.
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The grouping and description of pandemic phases have been revised to make them easier to understand, more precise, and based upon observable phenomena.
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