(programming) Using entities called objects that can process data and exchange messages with other objects.

(sociology) The family in which an individual grows up.

A domestic cat breed. / A cat of this breed.

A domestic cat breed.

plural of sexual orientation

(zoology) An animal's response to a stimulus in which the animal moves in a way that allows it to better evaluate the nature of the stimulus. It can then better respond to danger through "fight or flight".

(computing) Describing a system which has been written so that different subsystems appear to add themselves to the main business logic without that logic having to include them explicitly.

A deciduous tree native to the eastern Mediterranean region, Liquidambar orientalis.

Pertaining to a group of Oriental Orthodox Churches as a distinctive branch of Eastern Christianity

A member of an Oriental Orthodox church.