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Recent Examples of unobservable
That sets the ultimate limit of what’s in our observable Universe, and whatever part is unobservable, beyond that, can only be inferred, not directly measured.
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Big Think, 14 June 2024
The formula could be used to infer what was really happening during a collision, even during the unobservable interim moments.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
All are using shifts in gravitational waves – the ripples created in spacetime (yes, really) – to observe previously unobservable things and events in the universe.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 19 May 2024
For Davies, the potential to test the effect could open up exciting new doors for both theoretical and applied physics, further validating nigh-unobservable phenomena predicted by theorists while expanding the tool kit experimentalists can use to interrogate nature.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 May 2022
The team say that a noise level of just 50ppm would make the technosignature unobservable, regardless of how long the observatory studied Trappist-1e.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
By the start of this era, the mysterious substance acting in opposition to gravity called dark energy will have driven everything in the universe apart so much that each individual black dwarf would be surrounded by vast darkness: The supernovae would even be unobservable to each another.
—Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2020
Our capacity for moral reasoning shouldn't depend on what's happening many googols of parsecs away in an unobservable part of the universe.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2011
The hyper-expansion of space would not affect the local laws of physics, and any objects receding faster than light would be fundamentally unobservable and hence irrelevant.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013
Big Think, 14 June 2024
The formula could be used to infer what was really happening during a collision, even during the unobservable interim moments.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
All are using shifts in gravitational waves – the ripples created in spacetime (yes, really) – to observe previously unobservable things and events in the universe.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 19 May 2024
For Davies, the potential to test the effect could open up exciting new doors for both theoretical and applied physics, further validating nigh-unobservable phenomena predicted by theorists while expanding the tool kit experimentalists can use to interrogate nature.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 May 2022
The team say that a noise level of just 50ppm would make the technosignature unobservable, regardless of how long the observatory studied Trappist-1e.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
By the start of this era, the mysterious substance acting in opposition to gravity called dark energy will have driven everything in the universe apart so much that each individual black dwarf would be surrounded by vast darkness: The supernovae would even be unobservable to each another.
—Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2020
Our capacity for moral reasoning shouldn't depend on what's happening many googols of parsecs away in an unobservable part of the universe.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2011
The hyper-expansion of space would not affect the local laws of physics, and any objects receding faster than light would be fundamentally unobservable and hence irrelevant.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unobservable
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As the doors parted and Brittany laid eyes on her man for the first time, an almost imperceptible shadow passed over her face.Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
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Subtle errors, camouflaged in labyrinthine webs of code, become imperceptible at the lightning speed of execution.Dr. Mithu Storoni, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
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He is often seen in sharp focus while people and objects around him are blurred and indistinct.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
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Tonight sees the comet move from the constellation Virgo into Serpens, a small and indistinct shape of eight stars that resemble a snake.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Robustness And Security Testing Another source of distrust in AI is its susceptibility to adversarial attacks, in which minor or unnoticeable modifications to input data might result in incorrect choices.Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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For consumers, the effects initially may be relatively minor and even unnoticeable, with products such as European wine and perishables such as bananas costing more, said Jason Miller, a supply chain management expert at Michigan State University.Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Patterns of play have been largely indiscernible, and there’s little cohesion between the organs of defense, midfield and attack.Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Mentions of cica, peptides, niacinamide, salicylic acid, and ceramides make many of their ingredient lists nearly indiscernible from each other.Devon Abelman, Allure, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Unobservable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unobservable. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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