Subject
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- See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject.
- In politics a subject is a person who is subordinate to the rule of a monarch or state (example: British subject). Compare with citizen.
- In philosophy, a subject is a being which has experiences or a relationship with another entity (or "object"). Hence the word subjective. See subject (philosophy), self (psychology)..
- In science, subject often refers to research subject/experiment subject.
- In criminal prodecure, a subject is a person being investigated or falling within the scope of an investigation. This contrasts with a "target", which is a term used when a grand jury determines that there is enough evidence to indict that person.
- In literature and art, subject is the content of a piece or work, as opposed to the structure or techniques.
- In Resource Description Framework, the subject is the first element of a triple (subject, predicate, object).
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