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Vinony

observational

adjective

  1. relating to observation
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃənəl/ / /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English observation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English observational From observation + -al.

  1. Relating to observation, especially scientific observation.

    “The essential fact is simply that all the pictures which science now draws of nature, and which alone seem capable of according with observational fact, are mathematical pictures.”

    “An alternative way of defending the proposal to conflate NP MOVEMENT with XP MOVEMENT would be to question the observational adequacy of the claim that NP MOVEMENT only ever has NP constituents as its target.”