external object

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandobject

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external
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition ofexternalandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Initially the whisker was moved into contact with anexternalobject.
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Let us discuss the contact of an unconstrained body with someexternalobject(the term "object" includes the ground).
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One advantage is that they permit the swift determination that successive sensory patterns correspond to the same, enduringexternalobject.
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Two springs return the whisker to its initial position when it is not deflected by contact with anexternalobject.
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They serve, for example, the purpose of establishing that two sensory images are of the sameexternalobject.
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Indeed, because we have eyes, the retinal image size relates to the size and distance of anexternalobject.
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Accordingly, hallucinations are defined as false perceptions that arise in the absence of anexternalobjector event.
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In this conceptual framework, the images forged by these representations are no longer qualified as a function of their faithfulness to anexternalobject.
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We cannot fully explain language only as an internal object, any more than we can fully explain language only as anexternalobject.
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Does this mean that one of us must be wrong about whether anexternalobject, like a tomato, is unique red?
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It is separate from theexternalobject.
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An unbalanced pressure applied to the piston generates force that can move anexternalobject.
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This causes the internal object to destroy theexternalobjectand take its place.
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A private, subjective intuition is thereby discursively thought to be a representation of anexternalobject.
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The only knowable reality is the represented image of anexternalobject.
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Consciousness is sometimes defined as the quality or state of being aware of anexternalobjector something within oneself.
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Watercraft and aircraft traditionally have the term mooring applied to making the watercraft or aircraft fast to someexternalobject.
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Tripped rollovers are caused by forces from anexternalobject, such as a curb or a collision with another vehicle.
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Some sensory neurons can be activated by stimulation with anexternalobjectsuch as a parasite on the body surface.
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The object began being thought of not as a fixedexternalobjectbut also as an extension of our subjective self.
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Consciousness itself can be defined as the quality or state of awareness, it is being aware of anexternalobjector something within oneself.
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Further, they claim that in a hallucination there is noexternalobjectto be related to, nor are there sense-data to be a part of the perception.
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He states that we must use it carefully, and if we take original reality as anexternalobjectto infer and inquire into, then it is fundamentally wrong.
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The basic assumption in this group culture seems to be that anexternalobjectexists whose function it is to provide security for the immature individual.
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In a more general context, the eidetic can be defined as a normal subjective visual image experienced with noticeable vividness whether evoked by an actualexternalobjector not.
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