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'''Observation''' is an activity of an intelligent living being (e.g. [[human]]), which senses and assimilates the [[knowledge]] of a [[phenomenon]] in its framework of previous knowledge and ideas.<ref>[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=54755&dict=CALD Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary]</ref> 

(contracted; show full)ght adopt the characterization and formulate their own hypothesis, or they might adopt the hypothesis and deduce their own predictions. Often the experiment is not done by the person who made the prediction and the characterization is based on experiments done by someone else. Published results of experiments can also serve as a hypothesis predicting their own reproducibility.

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