Capable of being recorded by physical instruments, not dependent upon the observer.
In education, a purpose or goal.
In health planning, a quantified statement of a desired future state or condition with a stated deadline for achieving the objective, such as an average access time for emergency medical services of less than 30 minutes by 1976, or development of an operational PSRO by 1977. Health planning specifies objectives which will, when implemented, achieve its goals.
Existing independently of any individual person’s mind.
Not influenced by any bias or prejudice caused by personal feelings.
Referring to symptoms of illness which can be observed by somebody other than the person who is ill.
The arrangement of lenses in a light microscope that is nearest to the object under examination and farthest from the eyepiece. In many microscopes interchangeable objectives with different powers of magnification are provided.