Object may refer to:

General meanings

Object (philosophy) The distinction between subject and object is a basic idea of philosophy. *A subject is a being that exercises Agency (philosophy), agency, undergoes conscious experiences, and is situated in relation to other things that exist outside itself; thu ...

, a thing, being, or concept ** Object (abstract), an object which does not exist at any particular time or place **

Physical object In natural language and physical science, a physical object or material object (or simply an object or body) is a contiguous collection of matter, within a defined boundary (or surface), that exists in space and time. Usually contrasted with ...

, an identifiable collection of matter * Goal, an aim, target, or objective *

Object (grammar) In linguistics, an object is any of several types of arguments. In subject-prominent, nominative-accusative languages such as English, a transitive verb typically distinguishes between its subject and any of its objects, which can include bu ...

, a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object

Science, technology, and mathematics

Computing

* 3D model, a representation of a physical object *

Object (computer science) In software development, an object is an entity that has state, behavior, and identity. An object can model some part of reality or can be an invention of the design process whose collaborations with other such objects serve as the mechanisms ...

, a language mechanism for binding data with methods that operate on that data **

Object-orientation (disambiguation) Object-oriented may refer to: * Object-oriented programming Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of '' objects''. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties) and have acti ...

, in which concepts are represented as objects ***

Object-oriented programming Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of '' objects''. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties) and have actions they can perform (called procedures or methods and impl ...

(OOP), in which an object is an instance of a class or array ** Object (IBM i), the fundamental unit of data storage in the IBM i operating system * Object file, the output of a compiler or other translator program (also known as "object code") * HTML object element

Mathematics

* Object (mathematics), an abstract object arising in mathematics *

Group object In category theory, a branch of mathematics, group objects are certain generalizations of group (mathematics), groups that are built on more complicated structures than Set (mathematics), sets. A typical example of a group object is a topological gr ...

, a generalization of a group built on more complicated structures than sets * Object, an entity treated by mathematical

category theory Category theory is a general theory of mathematical structures and their relations. It was introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in the middle of the 20th century in their foundational work on algebraic topology. Category theory ...

Physics

Physical body In natural language and physical science, a physical object or material object (or simply an object or body) is a wiktionary:contiguous, contiguous collection of matter, within a defined boundary (or surface), that exists in space and time. Usual ...

or object, in physics, an identifiable collection of matter **

Planetary body A planetary-mass object (PMO), planemo, or planetary body (sometimes referred to as a world) is, by geophysical definition of planet, geophysical definition of celestial objects, any celestial object massive enough to achieve hydrostatic equilib ...

or planetary object, any secondary body in the Solar System that has a planet-like geology

Other sciences

Astronomical object An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists within the observable universe. In astronomy, the terms ''object'' and ''body'' are of ...

* In object relations theory of psychoanalysis, that to which a subject relates

Arts and media

* ''Object'' (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), a sculpture by Méret Oppenheim * '' An Object'', an album by No Age, 2013 * "Object", a song by the Cure from ''

Three Imaginary Boys ''Three Imaginary Boys'' is the debut studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 8 May 1979 by Fiction Records, and reached number 44 on the UK Albums Chart.Roberts, David (ed.) (2006). '' British Hit Singles & Albums'', 19th edit ...

'', 1979 * "Object", a song by Ween from '' La Cucaracha'', 2007 * ''The Object'', a prop used by Hipgnosis for the Led Zeppelin album '' Presence''

Other uses

Object language (disambiguation) Object language can refer to * The language that is described by a metalanguage. * A language which is the object of a formal specification. * The target language of a translator. {{disambiguation ...

* Object (National Register of Historic Places), a classification used by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places * Object: Australian Design Centre, a non-profit organisation promoting design in Australia *

Object theory (disambiguation) Object theory can refer to *The object of a metatheory. *The branch of metaphysics also known as abstract object theory. {{disambiguation ...

* Объект (object), (Russian

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), military vehicle designations