observer

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But how remote from the power of the observer are the means of ascertaining a copulation in the air.

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  1. noun One that observes: an observer of local customs; observers of religious holidays.
  2. noun A delegate sent to observe and report on the proceedings of an assembly or a meeting but not vote or otherwise participate.
  3. noun A crew member on a military aircraft who makes observations.

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  • In reconnaissance aircraft the observer is also the skipper, and so we all become observers. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • Chavez and local media had stepped up their criticism of Israel in the past week, with Chavez going so far as to tell his fellow citizens that they should speak to their Jewish neighbors in order to make Israel stop its assault on Gaza, a Latin American observer told JTA. —  JTA - Recent News
  • "Quantum physics has forced us to take seriously the concept that the observer is as essential to the creation of the universe as universe is to the creation of the observer". —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • It struck me that the distancing from "society" proper to a certain conception of the journalist as a professional, the reification of change, and a mindset that privileges the observer are actually huge barriers to both a constructive approach to change and to resistance to its more deleterious dimensions. —  Larvatus Prodeo
  • It has been clarified that there would be no Government observer or SAI nominee as part of the selection committee to be headed by the federation president and comprising eminent sportspersons, preferably Arjuna awardees, though the observer could be attending the selection trials. —  The Hindu - Front Page
 

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critic ·  historian ·  reader ·  spectator ·  investigator ·  observation ·  listener ·  writer ·  physician ·  traveller ·  student ·  statesman

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