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DictionaryRoot: iacere
Latin

iacere

throw, cast

Forms

  • iac-
  • iact- — Latin stem of the form meaning ‘thrown.’
  • -ic- — Used in Latin compounds.
  • -iect- — Stem of the form meaning ‘thrown’ in Latin compounds.
  • -ject- — English spelling of the compound stem.

Origin

Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *ye-, ‘throw; impel.’

Note

Latin vowel length distinguishes this verb from iacēre, ‘lie down.’

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noun

object

AHB-jikt/ˈɑːbdʒɪkt/

A material thing that can be seen or touched.

The wooden cube is a solid object beneath the hand.

A hand touches a solid wooden cube sitting on a tabletop, palpable physical object with visible edges and grain simplified into drawn marks.
Etymology
obLatintoward, against; in the way
+jectLatinthrow, cast

The roots give the image of something thrown or placed before someone. Latin obiectum meant a thing put before the mind or sight, connecting directly to a tangible thing presented to the senses.

In context

CrashCourse4:32
object is connected to a much larger neutral conducting object, then the net charge gets redistributed so that the smaller object loses most of its net charge.
Electric Charge: Crash Course Physics #25

More examples

  • Several objects lay on the table.
  • She picked up the smallest object.
  • The object cast a short shadow.

Forms

object · objects

Similar words

thing
The broad everyday term for an entity.
item
A distinct thing considered within a group or list.