What does 観測 mean?
観測 is a Japanese noun meaning “observation” in English. It can also be translated as “opinion” depending on context. It is written as 観測 in kanji, かんそく in hiragana, and kansoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
ジャンスキーが観測したのは銀河系の中心核からの波長14.6mの電波であった。
What Jansky had observed was the 14.6m wavelength radio wave from the Milky Way's core.