observable

Definition

Able to be observed.

Etymology

From observe + -able.

Example Sentences

• "The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe."
• "In 1913, in the same year that Mother's Day became a nationally observable holiday, the American people passed another milestone: for the first time in American history more than one person in one thousand was divorced."
• "Although intellectual property rights, such as patents, are highly observable, they are mostly limited to product technologies. Process technologies, or the routines endemic in the firm's production, are not readily observable, and thus cannot be easily imitated."