objective
adjective
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1 (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by
personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing
facts : historians try to be objective and impartial. Contrasted
with subjective . • not dependent on the mind for existence;
actual : a matter of objective fact.
2 [ attrib. ] Grammar of, relating to, or denoting a case of
nouns and pronouns used as the object of a transitive verb or a
preposition.
noun
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1 a thing aimed at or sought; a goal : the system has
achieved its objective.
2 ( the objective) Grammar the objective case.
3 (also objective lens) the lens in a telescope or microscope
nearest to the object observed.
DERIVATIVES
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objectively adverb
objectiveness noun
objectivity noun
objectivization noun
objectivize verb
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ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin objectivus, from
objectum (see object ).
On Mar 13, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
Don, in your language - as well as mine - the word objektive means
lens. In
Danish a lens (linse) is just one (1) lens element. "Objective" as
opposed
to "Ocular".
In English, however, I belive objective means something like Goal.
My objective is to publish and sell excellent photographs.
I prefere using lenses from Pentax.
