English-German translations for observable

• beobachtbar

Definition of observable

• Able to be observed
• Deserving to be observed; worth regarding; remarkable
• Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties

Examples

• The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe
• 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 expected value one may recover something resembling a classical observable.

Related words

• unobservable
• observable universe
• low observable technology