definition
strict definition
social object
A person or group of people forming an entity that can be recognized and defined within its social context.
A social object is any person or group of persons forming a recognizable and definable entity.
The entity can be one person as well as a group. Its identity comes from the person or people involved rather than from a required physical structure.
A company has the broad business, organizational, or individual role described in that definition. The social object supplies the more general person-or-group meaning.
More specific definitions
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built object
A distinct physical structure or landform constructed through deliberate processes. -
geographic object
A recognized geographic entity with a boundary or defined extent, whether physical, political, statistical, or otherwise subdivided. -
natural object
A fixed, locatable feature of the natural environment, including naturally occurring land and water features. -
virtual object
An abstract object whose existence and/or defining parameters are not visible in the real world.