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objective - the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed |
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lens system,
lense,
lens a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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optical telescope an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources
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compound microscope light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece
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objective - undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" |
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nonsubjective |
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subjective taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment"
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clinical scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
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impersonal,
neutral having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"
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verifiable capable of being verified; "a verifiable account of the incident"
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objective - emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art" |
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documentary |
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existent,
real having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"
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objective - serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings" |
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accusative |
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grammar the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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accusative,
accusative case,
objective case the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
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accusative,
accusative case,
objective case the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
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objective - belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "objective benefits"; "an objective example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind" |
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concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"
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