| object space | <microscopy> A space within which an object could be imaged by the lens. (05 Aug 1998) |
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| 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) |
| objective assessment data | Those facts presented by the client that show his/her perception, understanding and interpretation of what is happening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| objective circle | <microscopy> When the focused objective is examined by with- drawing the ocular and viewing its back focal plane through the microscope bodytube, the limiting boundary of the objective, the circumference of the white spot of light, is the objective circle. (05 Aug 1998) |
| objective optometer | <optics> A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light. Origin: Refraction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| objective perimetry | Determination of the visual field by pupillary constriction, electroencephalography, or eye movements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| objective probability | A probability of an outcome based either on unassailable theory or extensive empirical experience of exactly the same combination of circumstances; the notion also implies that the realization concerned has not been effected and therefore even in principle not known with certainty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| objective psychology | Psychology as studied by observation of the behaviour and mental functions in others. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| objective, fluorite | <microscopy> An objective using the mineral fluorite in its construction. It is usually intermediate between achromatic and apochromatic in correction, but may be more highly corrected. See: illumination, eyepiece. (05 Aug 1998) |
| oblate | One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates. One of the Oblati. Origin: From Oblate. 1. <geometry> Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid. 2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. <geometry> See Oblate, Oblate ellipsoid or spheroid, a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid. Origin: L. Oblatus, used as p.p. Of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne, for tlatus. See Tolerate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oblati | Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state. A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery. Origin: LL, fr. L. Oblatus. See Oblate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |