観測所(かんそくじょ)

かんそくじょ
noun
observatory; observation station
academicbuilding
1. observatory; observation station
A facility equipped for systematic observation and measurement of natural phenomena such as weather, earthquakes, astronomical bodies, or volcanic activity.
山(やま)の上(うえ)に観測所(かんそくじょ)がある。
There is an observatory on top of the mountain.
気象(きしょう)観測所(かんそくじょ)で気温(きおん)を記録(きろく)する。
They record the temperature at the weather observation station.
この天文(てんもん)観測所(かんそくじょ)には大型(おおがた)の望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう)が設置(せっち)されている。
A large telescope is installed at this astronomical observatory.

A compound of 観測(かんそく) (observation; measurement) and 所(じょ) (place; station). The suffix 所(じょ) is productive in forming names of facilities and offices.

Common collocations

  • 気象(きしょう)観測所(かんそくじょ): weather observation station
  • 天文(てんもん)観測所(かんそくじょ): astronomical observatory
  • 地震(じしん)観測所(かんそくじょ): seismological observatory
  • 火山(かざん)観測所(かんそくじょ): volcano observatory

Similar words

  • 天文台(てんもんだい): astronomical observatory — specifically for astronomy; often a larger, more prominent institution
  • 観測(かんそく): observation — the act of observing, without the facility
  • 測候所(そっこうじょ): weather station — an older term, largely replaced by 気象(きしょう)観測所(かんそくじょ)

Related Words

Compare: 天文台(てんもんだい) (astronomical observatory)
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