| objective psychology | Psychology as studied by observation of the behaviour and mental functions in others. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| objective sensation | A sensation caused by a verifiable stimulus. Primary sensation, a sensation that is the direct result of a stimulus. Referred sensation, a sensation felt in one place in response to a stimulus applied in another. Synonym: reflex sensation, transferred sensation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| objective sign | <clinical sign> A sign that is evident to the examiner. (05 Mar 2000) |
| objective symptom | A symptom that is evident to the observer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| objective synonym | <zoology> Each of two or more different names applied to one and the same taxon based on the same type. See: Synonym. (09 Jan 1998) |
| environmental quality objective | This is a regulatory value defining the quality to be aimed for in a particular aspect of the environment. Unlike an environmental quality standard, an EQO is not usually expressed in quantitative terms and cannot be enforced legally. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fluorite objective | Microscope objective corrected for spherical and chromatic aberration at two wavelengths. Better than an ordinary objective corrected at one wavelength but inferior to (and much cheaper than) a planapochromatic objective. (18 Nov 1997) |