Sometimes, several distinct objects with different names may be summarized, or merged, so that they have the same name.

An analogue photo and its digital reproduction should therefore be considered two distinct objects.

Two distinct geometrical objects are said to intersect if they have a point in common.

Prostitution only became a distinct object of statutory classification in the early 1990s.

In mathematics, a set is a collection of distinct objects, considered as an object in its own right.

Just before his death, he was concentrating on the "ultimate focus" lens, which makes both near and far objects equally distinct.

In total, there are 18 distinct geometric objects that can be represented:

However there are not many distinct objects onscreen, because the character set is cut down by factor 8.

It has been described as "the first organisation of Bengal with distinct political object."

It was eventually realized that they were trying to reconcile observations of two distinct objects as a single object.