observer
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5.8
- noun
- /əbˈzɜrvər/
- Specialized
:
observador
- A modulated signal transmitted at the source reaches the observer by multiple paths.
Examples
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Let's sit, let's imagine that we sit on point, that the observer is now on point E.
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Over time, the projection of that information onto something that that observer thinks of as space at a time.
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First, we might challenge the distinction between observer and observed in social movement studies.
Academic text (2008) -
But no sooner did the system become operational than observers began to worry about its collapse.
Academic text (2012) -
Time itself is actually different for observers in different frames of reference when one frame is in motion relative to another.
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An independent observer sat behind the experimenter when inter-observer agreement data were collected.
Academic text (1995) -
To the casual observer, the landscape yields few clues regarding NPS involvement in the Copper Country.
Academic text (2011) -
Very little attention has been paid, however, to the interpretations or attributions that observers make for helpers' actions.
Academic text (1991) -
While Freuchen accelerated sunward, the first observer probes shot forth from her and began transmitting their readings and images.
Fiction book (2001) -
The software developer acted as an observer and received real-time updates when the application's status changed.
Synonyms
37
3.8
A program or process that receives and handles messages from another part
7
6.4
A program that watches files or events and starts actions when they change
4
6.3
A program part that waits for events like new connections and responds
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Observer in computing comes from the verb observe, which means 'watch' or 'keep an eye on'. Think of it as a watcher that is told when the thing it watches changes, so it 'notices' updates automatically.