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A '''physical object''', or simply '''object''', was a [[Terminology|term]] that [[Description|described]] a [[thing]] with a fixed [[shape]] or form, which could be seen or [[touch]]ed, and which was not alive.
In [[2265]], the [[disaster recorder]] of the {{SS|Valiant}} was described as an "object" by [[Lee Kelso]] and [[James T. Kirk]]. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}})
== Solid objects {{anchor|Solid}} ==
A solid object was a term to describe a thing which was [[solid]].
Individuals with [[extrasensory perception]] had the ability of seeing through solid objects. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}})
While in [[objective mode]], [[holodeck]] users could pass through solid objects which made up the [[holographic]] environment. ({{ENT|These Are The Voyages...}})
== Inanimate objects {{anchor|Inanimate}} ==
{{aquote|[[Beauregard|He]] is not an inanimate object. He's so animate he makes me [[nervous]]. In fact, I keep expecting one of these [[plant]]s of yours to grab me.|[[Janice Rand]]|2266|The Man Trap}}
An '''inanimate object''' (antonym: '''animate''') was any object that was not [[life|alive]] or [[sentient]]. To speak of said object as if it were alive was known as [[personification]].
While aboard the [[automated repair station]] and watching a molecular synthesizer at work, [[T'Pol]] noted that she saw a similar device aboard a [[Tarkalean vessel]] which was capable to reproduce any inanimate object. ({{ENT|Dead Stop}})
[[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] remarked that the [[Vissian engineer 001|Vissian engineer]] spoke about the [[cogenitor]] like an inanimate object. ({{ENT|Cogenitor}})
When [[Hikaru Sulu]] notified his lack of understanding why people have to call inanimate objects "she", [[Janice Rand]] stated that [[Beauregard]] was not an inanimate object. ({{TOS|The Man Trap}})
[[Spock]] defended Captain [[James T. Kirk]] during his [[court martial]], he compared how "''[[Human being]]s have [[characteristic]]s just as inanimate objects do,''" with the underlining correlation between the two being "''it is not [their] [[nature]].''" ({{TOS|Court Martial}})
[[Sybo]] was able to receive impressions from inanimate objects. ({{TOS|Wolf in the Fold}})
According to Spock, "''the [[sand-bat]]s of [[Manark IV]] appear to be inanimate [[rock]] [[crystal]]s, [..] until they [[attack]].''" ({{TOS|The Empath}})
[[Tuvok]] never understood the [[Human]] compulsion to [[emotion]]ally bond with inanimate objects. He observed this fact in an [[alternate timeline|alternate]] [[2374]], after Captain [[Kathryn Janeway]] described how "[[USS Voyager|Voyager]]''{{'}}s done too much for us,''" during the [[Year of Hell]]. From Tuvok's perspective, "''this vessel has done nothing. It is an assemblage of [[bulkhead]]s, [[conduit]]s, [[tritanium]]. Nothing more.''" Janeway, however, further expressed her feelings on how she felt he was wrong, stating that "''It's much more than that. This ship has been our [[home]]. It's kept us together. It's been part of our [[family]]. As [[logic|illogical]] as this might sound, I feel as close to ''Voyager'' as I do to [[USS Voyager personnel|any other member of my crew]]. It's carried us [...] even nurtured us [...] and right now it needs one of us." ({{VOY|Year of Hell}})''
== See also ==
* [[Energy object]]
* [[Kerr object]]
* [[Life object]]
* [[Man-made object]]
* [[Mechanized object]]
* [[Natural object]]
* [[Plane-polarized object]]
* [[Stellar object]]/[[Celestial object]]
* [[Test object]]
* [[Three-dimensional object]]
* [[Unidentified flying object]]
* [[Lifelessness]]
* [[Reanimation]]
* [[Suspended animation]]
== External links ==
* {{wikipedia|Physical object}}
* {{Wikipedia|Solid geometry}}
* {{wikipedia|Animacy}}
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