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Target   /tˈɑrgət/  /tˈərgət/   Listen
noun
Target  n.  
1.
A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
2.
(a)
A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
(b)
The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
3.
(Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
4.
(Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
5.
A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. (Eng.)
6.
A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. (Obs. Scot.)
7.
A goal for an activity; as, the target of this year's fundraising drive is 2 million dollars.
8.
A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the target, the impact causes emission of X-rays.
9.
Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.
10.
A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.





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"Target" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Malaysian economy, a mixture of private enterprise and public management, has posted a remarkable record of 9% average annual growth in 1988-95. The official growth target for 1996 is 8.3%. This growth has resulted in a substantial reduction in poverty and a marked rise in real wages. Manufactured goods exports expanded rapidly, and foreign investors continued to commit large sums in the economy. The government is ...
— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... painted. Elaine sat on a dais, her hands folded in her lap; about her head twisted nun's-veiling gave her the old-fashioned quality of a Cosway miniature—the very effect he had sought. It was to be a "pretty" affair, this picture, with its subdued lighting, the face being the only target he aimed at; all the rest, the suave background, the gauzy draperies, he would brush in—suggest rather ...
— Visionaries • James Huneker
... regiment, except the officers, were not mounted in this march, as Grant would not wait for their horses, which were on another transport. The very fact saved from death many who would have made a more shining target. Dick's own horse was killed at the first fire, and as he leaped clear to escape he went down to his waist in a marsh, another fact which saved his life a second time as the new volleys swept over his head. The horses of other officers also were killed, and the remainder, finding themselves ...
— The Rock of Chickamauga • Joseph A. Altsheler
... sir. All I know is that I have seen a wonderful target, and couldn't fire a round at it. The relief's over by now, and, as we leave this sector to-night, we've ...
— Mud and Khaki - Sketches from Flanders and France • Vernon Bartlett
... the Rockies, with towering, pine-fringed, snow-sprinkled crests looming dimly about them in the moonlight, two young men stood waiting by a switch-target of the Transcontinental. Facing westward, they could see the huge bulk of the mountain range rolling up between them and the starry sky-line, black and forbidding in the middle distance, yet fading away northward and southward into faint and tender outlines—soft grays and violets—and with ...
— To The Front - A Sequel to Cadet Days • Charles King


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