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observability

observability

7.7
How easily sensors like radar can see or detect something
  • noun
  • /ˌɑːbzərˈvæbɪlɪti/
translation icon : observabilidad
  • The observability of the security cameras allowed the police to monitor the area effectively.

So if you just had some differences in observability, in effort, how hard people work, we could just disentangle these two explanations.

Examples

  • Hypersonic velocities, low observability, sudden and extreme acceleration, trans medium travel, bizarrely some of these objects seem to move seamlessly into and out of the sea, positive lift.

  • So if you just had some differences in observability, in effort, how hard people work, we could just disentangle these two explanations.

  • Good observability in the software system helps developers quickly detect and fix issues.

  • In biology, the observability of certain species can provide insights into their behavior and habitat.

Synonyms

visibility
vsobservability
54 2.8

How easy it is to see things, for example in fog

includes nonvisual sensing and surveillance detection beyond mere visual clarity
detectability
vsobservability
6.7

How easy it is to notice or find something

stresses detection specifically by surveillance or technical sensing
perceptibility
vsobservability
7.2

A quality that makes something easy to notice by the senses or mind

focuses more on external monitoring and technical detection than inner perception
noticeableness
vsobservability
4.8

How easy something is to see or understand

emphasises being measurable by systems or watchers rather than simple recognisability
discernability
vsobservability
7.5

How easy it is to see or tell things apart

prioritises being observed or recorded by external systems over mere distinctness
visibleness
vsobservability
7.2

How easy it is to see something

extends that idea to being noticed or detected by technologies or watchers
apparency
vsobservability
9.5

Being easy to see or understand

is broader, covering technical or surveillance detection as well as plain obviousness
apparentness
vsobservability
6.8

How easy something is to see or understand

adds the sense of being detected by instruments or watchers beyond plain sight

Antonyms

15 6.0

The state of not being seen by other people

A state of not being seen or heard by other people

How Detectable

visibility
54 2.8
observability
7.7
obscurity
5 7.4
invisibility
15 6.0

Surface Forms

observability singular

Morphology

observability = observable (transparent) = observe + able + ity

Formed from 'observable' + '-ity'; the meaning 'degree to which something can be observed' is directly derived and easily understandable from the base.

Etymology

The word observability comes from observe, which means 'to watch' or 'to look at', and the ending -ability, which means 'can be' or 'able to be done'. So observability is how easy it is for something to be seen, noticed, or detected by people or sensors.