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OBSERVING

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception

Synonyms:

observant; observing

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb observe

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 Context examples: 

The Spitzer telescope found new clues by observing a hot Jupiter known as HD 80606b, situated 190 light-years from Earth.

(Investigating the Mystery of Migrating 'Hot Jupiters', NASA)

The MESSENGER spacecraft entered orbit around Mercury in March 2011, and spent four years observing this nearest planet to our Sun until it was deliberately brought down to the planet’s surface in April 2015.

(A Closer Look at Mercury’s Spin and Gravity Reveals the Planet’s Inner Solid Core, NASA)

Writing in the journal Nature Astronomy, researchers from the University of Warwick in England say the discovery was made when observing weather patterns on the planet, which is 1,000 light years away.

(Exoplanet Could Have Clouds of Rubies, Sapphires, VOA)

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope also has been observing this star since December 2016.

(NASA's Kepler Provides Another Peek at Ultra-cool Neighbor, NASA)

Such heating and chemical reactions may tell us something about other planets with harsh environments, and even early Earth, said Yasumasa Kasaba of Tohoku University, who worked on the observing team.

(Jupiter's Atmosphere Heats up under Solar Wind, NASA)

The finding obtained by observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively recording one or more aspects of physiologic or psychologic processes.

(Performed Observation Result, NCI Thesaurus)

The completed action of observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively gathering data or information about one or more aspects of a subject, study subject, experimental unit, or product.

(Performed Observation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The completed action of observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively gathering data or information about one or more aspects of a subject's, study subject's or experimental unit's physiologic or psychologic state.

(Performed Observation, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it).

(Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)