In physics, an observable in the context of classical mechanics/classical field theory and in fact also in prequantum field theory is called a classical observable.
In symplectic geometry/geometric prequantum theory?, classical observables are functions on phase space, often called Hamiltonian functions. They form the Poisson algebra of classical/prequantum observables, wih the Poisson bracket Lie algebra structure.
In higher prequantum field theory these observables are refined to Hamiltonian forms/local currents and form the Poisson-bracket Lie n-algebra of local observables.
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