ob·jec·tive Audio pronunciation of "objective" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-jktv)
adj.
1. Of or having to do with a material object.
2. Having actual existence or reality.
3.
1. Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices: an objective critic. See Synonyms at fair1.
2. Based on observable phenomena; presented factually: an objective appraisal.
4. Medicine. Indicating a symptom or condition perceived as a sign of disease by someone other than the person affected.
5. Grammar.
1. Of, relating to, or being the case of a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of a verb.
2. Of or relating to a noun or pronoun used in this case.
n.
1. Something that actually exists.
2. Something worked toward or striven for; a goal. See Synonyms at intention.
3. Grammar.
1. The objective case.
2. A noun or pronoun in the objective case.
4. The lens or lens system in a microscope or other optical instrument that first receives light rays from the object and forms the image. Also called object glass, objective lens, object lens.
ob·jective·ly adv.
ob·jective·ness n.
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ob·jec·tive (b-jktv)
n.
The lens or lenses in the lower end of a microscope or other optical instrument that first receives light rays from the object being examined and forms its image.
adj.
1. Based on observable phenomena; presented factually.
2. Indicating a symptom or condition perceived as a sign of disease by someone other than the person affected.
ob·jective·ness n.
Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Main Entry: 2objective
Function: noun
1 : a lens or system of lenses that forms an image of an object
2 : something toward which effort is directed
Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Main Entry: 1ob·jec·tive
Pronunciation: &b-'jek-tiv, äb-
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or being an object, phenomenon, or condition in the realm of sensible experience independent of individual thought and perceptible by all observers <objective reality>
2 : perceptible to persons other than the affected individual <an objective symptom of disease> <caused objective or subjective clinical improvement or both —Journal of the American Medical Association> —compare SUBJECTIVE 2b —ob·jec·tive·ly adverb
Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
objective
adj 1: undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" [syn: nonsubjective] [ant: subjective] 2: serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings" [syn: accusative] 3: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art" 4: belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind" n 1: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: aim, object, target] 2: the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed [syn: object glass] |
