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Object lesson   /ˈɑbdʒɛkt lˈɛsən/   Listen
noun
Object  n.  
1.
That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
2.
Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc. "Object is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the "materia circa quam."" "The object of their bitterest hatred."
3.
That toward which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; goal; end; aim; motive; final cause. "Object, beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause... This innovation was probably borrowed from the French." "Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country."
4.
Sight; show; appearance; aspect. (Obs.) "He, advancing close Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose In glorious object."
5.
(Gram.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
6.
(Computers) Any set of data that is or can be manipulated or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; the term may be used broadly, to include files, images (such as icons on the screen), or small data structures. More narrowly, Anything defined as an object within an object-oriented programming language.
7.
(Ontology) Anything which exists and which has attributes; distinguished from attributes, processes, and relations.
Object glass, the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object. Its function is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective or objective lens.
Object lesson, a lesson in which object teaching is made use of.
Object staff. (Leveling) Same as Leveling staff.
Object teaching, a method of instruction, in which illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea being accompanied by a representation of that which it signifies; used especially in the kindergarten, for young children.





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"Object lesson" Quotes from Famous Books



... preservation was wrought by their keeping in the fresh air of the open fields. It seems curious that after this object lesson the physicians persisted in their absurd policy of shutting up infected houses, thus practically condemning to ...
— History of the Plague in London • Daniel Defoe
... the successes of the Almighty: therefore imitate me in every particular or I will have the skin off your back" (a quite common attitude) is a much more absurd figure than the man who, with a pipe in his mouth, thrashes his boy for smoking. If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson (which is not at all necessary), hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example. But you had much better let the child's character alone. If you once allow yourself to regard a child as so much material for you to ...
— A Treatise on Parents and Children • George Bernard Shaw
... observed by enlightened Japanese. They study America as a model industrial land, and get manufacturing ideas from us; but they look to Great Britain for everything having to do with empire, with aggrandizement, and with diplomacy. To them England is a glittering object lesson of a nation existing in overcrowded islands extending its rule to other lands and other continents, producing endless articles needed by mankind, and carrying these to the ends of the earth in their own ships. These Japanese have perceived that ...
— East of Suez - Ceylon, India, China and Japan • Frederic Courtland Penfield
... above all, however, was the attitude of Lise, who also came in for her share of implied reproach. Of late Lise had become an increased source of anxiety to Hannah, who was unwisely resolved to make this occasion an object lesson. And though parental tenderness had often moved her to excuse and defend Lise for an increasing remissness in failing to contribute to the household expenses, she was now quite relentless in her efforts to wring from Lise an acknowledgment of the nobility of her sister's act, of qualities ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... we left St. Louis I had my first impressive object lesson showing the difference between the conditions of the commissioned officers and the enlisted men. I had spread my blanket at the base of the little structure called the "Texas," on which the pilot house stands. All around the bottom of the "Texas" was a row of small ...
— The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 • Leander Stillwell


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