external observer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexternalandobserver
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external
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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observer
noun[C]
uk/əbˈzɜː.vər/us/əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
a person who watches what happens but has no active part ...
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(Definition ofexternalandobserverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexternal observer
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We observe that no two closed configurations can be distinguished by anexternalobserver.
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To anexternalobserver, this looks very much like a tacit admission of error in relation to the first poll.
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A further abstraction making some actions invisible to theexternalobserveris possible.
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For example, is the distinction between inform, tell, assert only relevant for anexternalobserver?
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Even the judiciary, oneexternalobservernotes, is not uniformly above reproach.
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With spatialisation, the final layer of the work seeks to move the audience from thisexternalobserver position, to a fictional location inside the cactus.
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Listeners are a very special kind ofexternalobserveror hearer, because their mere physical presence in the room acts as an element of acoustical absorption.
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While probably appearing irrational and inconsiderate to theexternalobserver, the gossip and in-group stigmas had a constructive role for the residents of the old-age home.
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The states are not visible to anexternalobserver, and therefore they are ' 'hidden' ' to the outside; only the outcome is visible.
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Anexternalobserverpositioned at x 1⁄4 0 records the incident and the reflected fields at every time step.
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The novel describes the changing and extreme time dilation effects as well as events from the perspective of both the ship and anexternalobserver.
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Even bringing in anexternalobserverto label the two spheres distinctly does not solve the problem, because it violates the symmetry of the universe.
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The eyes can never be observed in motion, yet anexternalobserverclearly sees the motion of the eyes.
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Is the cat required to be an observer, or does its existence in a single well-defined classical state require anotherexternalobserver?
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Anexternalobservercan see black flecks or "saa" pass through the user's eyes.
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To anexternalobserver, the information and entropy is absorbed into the stretched horizon which acts like a dissipative fluid with entropy, viscosity and electrical conductivity.
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Despite appearances to the contrary for external observers, it is not too great a problem to accept flow-on costs and cost offsets across these programs.
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Their electronic telecommunication can be easily handled, that is to say analysed, then synthesised by external observers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The comments of external observers are extremely instructive.
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