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observation

Summary

observation is an activity[1]. observation draws 244 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #64 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • observation's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • observation's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • observation's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • observation's subclass of is recorded as noticing[6].
  • observation's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[7].
  • observation's has use is recorded as data acquisition[8].
  • observation's Commons category is recorded as Observation[9].
  • observation's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D019370[10].
  • observation's has part is recorded as perception[11].
  • observation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05nx_[12].
  • observation's MeSH tree code is recorded as E05.581.249[13].
  • observation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Observation[14].
  • observation's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300343797[15].
  • observation's PSH ID is recorded as 9253[16].
  • observation's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0127118[17].
  • observation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/observation[18].
  • observation's different from is recorded as observational study[19].
  • observation's different from is recorded as tailing[20].
  • observation's YSO ID is recorded as 5284[21].
  • observation's YSO ID is recorded as 8802[22].
  • observation's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00058495n[23].
  • observation's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0302523[24].
  • observation's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2243012[25].
  • observation's practiced by is recorded as observer[26].
  • observation's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as observation-sciences-sociales[27].

Why It Matters

observation draws 244 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #64 of 272).[2] observation has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] observation is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). observation. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/observation
MLA “observation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/observation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_observation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{observation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/observation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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