target

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.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
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5. A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. [Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. Scot. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7. A goal for an activity; as, the target of this year s fundraising drive is 2 million dollars.
[PJC]

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.
[PJC]

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.
[PJC]

10. A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule. [PJC]

Target date Tar"get date, n. The date set as a goal for completion of some activity.
[PJC]

Target language Tar"get language, n. the language into which a text is to be translated; --
correlative of source language.
[PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English