Look up: objective

1. Objective
   The end towards which a character urgently strives.
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2. Objective
   The very first optical element at the front of a lens.
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3. objective
   [adj] - (grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes 2. [adj] - emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation 3. [adj] - undistorted by emotion or person...
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4. Objective
   See 'Objective lens'
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5. Objective
   The optical element which receives light from the object and forms the first or primary image in telescopes, microscopes and other optical systems.
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6. Objective
   As opposed to subjective, free of personal feelings or emotion; hence, without bias.
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7. Objective
   Objective: In a microscope, the objective (also called the objective lens) is the lens nearest to the object being examined whereas the lens closest to the eye is termed the ocular (the eyepiece). The light microscope today is usually binocular (with one ocular for each eye) and has a turret bearing a selection of objective lens.
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8. objective
   a) describes that which gives a true, verifiable representation of the object by minimising the human factors (for instance, preference, habit, inclination); b) describes the technique which, either by means of sensory or instrumental methods, minimises self-induced errors Category: agriculture, ...
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9. Objective
   Ob·jec'tive adjective [ Confer F. objectif .] 1. Of or pertaining to an object. 2. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an e...
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10. Objective
    Ob·jec'tive noun 1. (Gram.) The objective case. 2. An object glass. See under Object , noun 3. Same as Objective point , under Objective , adjective
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11. objective
    1. <psychology> Perceptible to the external senses. ... 2. <ophthalmology> The lens or system of lenses in a microscope (or telescope) that is nearest to the object under examination. ... Origin: L. Objectivus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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12. objective
    accusative adjective serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; `objective case`; `accusative endings`
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13. objective
    documentary adjective emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; `objective art`
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14. objective
    adjective belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; `objective benefits`; `an objective example`; `there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind`
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15. objective
    adjective undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; `an objective appraisal`; `objective evidence`
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16. objective
    objective lens noun the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
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17. objective
    (ob-jek´tiv) perceptible by the external senses. the lens or system of lenses of a microscope nearest the object that is being examined. achromatic objective one in which the chromatic aberration is corrected for two colors and the spherical aberration for one color. ...
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18. Objective
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to an object. • (n.) An object glass. See under Object, n. • (a.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is s...
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19. objective
    (L. objectivus) 1. perceptible to the external senses. 2. the lens or system of lenses in a microscope (or telescope) that is nearest to the object under examination.
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20. objective
    objective Something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: 'The objective of a military attack was to rescue the prisoners'; 'The objective of the fund-raising drive was to help the hurricane victims.'
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21. Objective
    Often referring to the strategy of a mutual fund, in other words, the fund`s category. Examples of mutual fund objectives are, aggressive, conservative, etc. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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22. objective
    T. S. Eliot used this phrase to describe 'a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula of that Particular emotion' that the poet feels and hopes to evoke in the reader ('Hamlet and His Problems', 1919).
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23. objective
    A goal.
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24. objective
    related more to the object or representation out of which knowl¬edge is constructed than to the subject possessing the knowledge. Considered transcendentally, objective knowledge is less certain than subjective knowl¬edge; considered empirically, objective knowledge is more certain. (Cf. sub¬jective.)
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25. Objective
    (a) Possessing the character of a real object existing independently of the knowing mind in contrast to subjective. See Subjective. (b) In Scholastic terminology beginning with Duns Scotus and continuing into the 17th and 18th centuries, objective designated anything existing as idea or representati...
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