}
```
-Traits also define an [object type](#object-types) with the same name as the
+Traits also define an [trait object](#trait-objects) with the same name as the
trait. Values of this type are created by [casting](#type-cast-expressions)
pointer values (pointing to a type for which an implementation of the given
trait is in scope) to pointers to the trait name, used as a type.
identifier, and a parenthesized expression-list. Method calls are resolved to
methods on specific traits, either statically dispatching to a method if the
exact `self`-type of the left-hand-side is known, or dynamically dispatching if
-the left-hand-side expression is an indirect [object type](#object-types).
+the left-hand-side expression is an indirect [trait object](#trait-objects).
### Field expressions
```
-### Object types
+### Trait objects
Every trait item (see [traits](#traits)) defines a type with the same name as
-the trait. This type is called the _object type_ of the trait. Object types
+the trait. This type is called the _trait object_ of the trait. Trait objects
permit "late binding" of methods, dispatched using _virtual method tables_
("vtables"). Whereas most calls to trait methods are "early bound" (statically
resolved) to specific implementations at compile time, a call to a method on an
-object type is only resolved to a vtable entry at compile time. The actual
+trait objects is only resolved to a vtable entry at compile time. The actual
implementation for each vtable entry can vary on an object-by-object basis.
Given a pointer-typed expression `E` of type `&T` or `Box<T>`, where `T`
implements trait `R`, casting `E` to the corresponding pointer type `&R` or
-`Box<R>` results in a value of the _object type_ `R`. This result is
+`Box<R>` results in a value of the _trait object_ `R`. This result is
represented as a pair of pointers: the vtable pointer for the `T`
implementation of `R`, and the pointer value of `E`.
-An example of an object type:
+An example of an trait object:
```
trait Printable {
}
```
-In this example, the trait `Printable` occurs as an object type in both the
+In this example, the trait `Printable` occurs as an trait object in both the
type signature of `print`, and the cast expression in `main`.
### Type parameters