单词 | observed |
释义 | observedadj.n. A. adj. ΚΠ a1500 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Rawl.) (1974) 228 He..shewed hymself at that tyme as a rigorouse iuge, egrely obserued in fullfillyng the noble lawe of armes [c1475 Univ. Oxf. egrely to obserue the lawe of armes]. 2. That has been observed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > looking at or beholding > looked at or seen observed1549 viewed1640 observate1652 aspected1661 fixated1926 the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [adjective] observed1669 observatory1815 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > noted scientifically well-observed1563 observed1860 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 John ii. f. xlvii It is not simple baptisme, but the obserued righteousnes, that maketh vs the children of God. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man sig. Biiii The obserued stones in the lunges. ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses vi. 88 Vp to Coach then goes Th' obserued Maid. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. 157 When the Dead Latitude differs from the Observed Latitude. 1774 A. Gerard Ess. Genius 276 All the observed connexions of things hold of the memory in some degree. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 230 To compute from the observed bearings the amount of all the..easting or westing. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps Pref. To refer the observed phenomena to their physical causes. 1911 G. U. Yule Introd. Theory Statistics xiii. 253 The reliability or precision of an observed proportion varies as the square root of the number of observations on which it is based. 2000 Pop Photogr. July 44 They are the observed or created images of biological subjects and chemical reactions. B. n. With the. That which is observed or made the subject of observation.Usually in explicit opposition to observer; in 19th cent. frequently in allusion to quot. 1604. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] i-sightc888 sightc950 regard1586 aspectc1600 observed1604 visiona1616 landscape1659 eyefula1808 visibilia1936 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 157 The glasse of fashion, and the mould of forme, Th' obseru'd of all obseruers. View more context for this quotation 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. x. 183 As it proceeds from the Heart of the Observer, so it dives into the Heart of the Observed . View more context for this quotation 1850 R. W. Emerson Uses of Great Men in Representative Men i. 17 The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It iv. 40 The world's favorite son, the envy of the people, the observed of the nations. 1994 R. Wallace Time's Fancy 28 It is just good physics how, merely by observing, the observer changes the observed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1500 |
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