Object may refer to:

General meanings

Object (philosophy) An object is a philosophical term often used in contrast to the term '' subject''. A subject is an observer and an object is a thing observed. For modern philosophers like Descartes, consciousness is a state of cognition that includes the subjec ...

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

Physical object In common usage and classical mechanics, a physical object or physical body (or simply an object or body) is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in three-dimensional space. The boundary must be defined and identified by t ...

, an identifiable collection of matter * Goal, an aim, target, or objective * Object (grammar), a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object

Science, technology, and mathematics

Computing

3D model In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical coordinate-based representation of any surface of an object (inanimate or living) in three dimensions via specialized software by manipulating edges, vertices, an ...

, a representation of a physical object * Object (computer science), a language mechanism for binding data with methods that operate on that data ** Object-orientation, in which concepts are represented as objects *** Object-oriented programming (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 (image processing) An object in digital image processing Digital image processing is the use of a digital computer to process digital images through an algorithm. As a subcategory or field of digital signal processing, digital image processing has many advantag ...

, a portion of an image interpreted as a unit * Object file, the output of a compiler or other translator program (also known as "object code") * Object, an information source for an

information processor An information processor or information processing system, as its name suggests, is a private content (be it electrical, Machine, mechanical or biological) which takes information (a sequence of enumerated symbols or state (computer science), st ...

* HTML object element

Mathematics

* Object (mathematics), an abstract object arising in mathematics * Group object, 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 that was introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in the middle of the 20th century in their foundational work on algebraic topology. Nowadays, cate ...

Physics

* Physical body or object, in physics, an identifiable collection of matter ** Planetary body 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 in the observable universe. In astronomy, the terms ''object'' and ''body'' are often us ...

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object relations theory Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory centered around theories of stages of ego development. Its concerns include the relation of the psyche to others in childhood and the exploration of relationships between ...

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'', 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 (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) * Объект (object), (Russian GABTU), military vehicle designations