(linguistics) A control verb whose shared object is not the subject.

(computing) The output of a compiler or assembler; it is not necessarily executable directly without linking to other modules

(mathematics) A function to be maximized or minimized in optimization theory.

(astronomy, astrology) Synonym of celestial body.

(category theory) An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.

(category theory) An object within a category which receives arrows from all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.

(category theory) An object which indexes a family of arrows between two given objects in a universal way, meaning that any other indexed family of arrows between the same given pair of objects must factor uniquely through this universally-indexed family of arrows.

(grammar) A complement which is coupled to an object.

(snooker, billiards) The ball which the cue ball is intended to hit.

Any fact, technique or other outcome that a student is expected to have learnt or achieved by the end of a specific course of instruction