observation
nounThe act of observing.
nounThe power or faculty of observing.
nounThe fact of being observed.
nounThe act or process of perceiving something, such as a phenomenon, often by means of an instrument, and making a record of the resulting information.
nounThe result or record of such an act or process.
nounAn inference, judgment, or remark that is made by observing.
nounThe act or fact of observing, and noting or fixing in the mind; a seeing and noting; notice: as, a fact that does not come under one’s observation.
nounThe habit or power of observing and noting: as, a man of great observation.