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OBSERVED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Discovered or determined by scientific observation
Example:
no explanation for the observed phenomena
Synonyms:
ascertained; discovered; observed
Classified under:
Similar:
determined (having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb observe
Context examples:
Shut in, however, by ice, it was impossible to follow his track, which we had observed with the greatest attention.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“He don’t seem a very popular character,” observed the latter.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
As they approached, the travellers observed that he was advanced in years, and that his eyes were upturned and yellow.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This slight upon my best Sunday suit brought a flush to my mother’s cheeks, which my uncle instantly observed, for he was quick in noticing trifles.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As he passed he observed that his old housekeeper had put out her lamp and retired.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The volume of distribution at steady state based on the observed CLST for a substance administered by intravascular dosing.
(Observed Steady State Volume of Distribution, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A type of study in which individuals are observed or certain outcomes are measured.
(Observational study, NCI Dictionary)
I observed there was the flesh of several animals, but could not distinguish them by the taste.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I never smoke myself, so I think I should have observed it if there had been any smell of tobacco.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When the king came home, he observed the empty cage, and asked the queen how that had happened.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
