Denotation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Denotation \De`no*ta"tion\, n. [L. denotatio: cf. F.
     d['e]notation.]
     The marking off or separation of anything. --Hammond.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  denotation
       n 1: the act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: {indication}]
       2: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression;
          the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the
          extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing
          only Demos and Phobos" [syn: {reference}, {extension}]