Object may refer to:

General meanings

  • Object (philosophy), a thing, being, item, or concept
  • Object (abstract), an object which does not exist at any particular time or place
  • Physical object, 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, a representation of a physical object
  • Object (computer science), a language mechanism for binding data with methods that operate on that data
  • Object-orientation (disambiguation), 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 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, a generalization of a group built on more complicated structures than sets
  • Object, an entity treated by mathematical category theory

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
  • 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, 1979
  • "Object", a song by Ween from La Cucaracha, 2007
  • The Object, a prop used by Hipgnosis for the Led Zeppelin album Presence
  • Object show, a microgenre of web animation

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

See also

  • Artifact (disambiguation)
  • Objection (disambiguation)
  • Objective (disambiguation)
  • Objet d'art, works of art that are not paintings; large or medium-sized sculptures, prints or drawings