Labelling

3 definitions found

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

  Label \La"bel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Labeled} (l[=a]"b[e^]ld) or
     {Labelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Labeling} or {Labelling}.]
     1. To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to
        label a bottle or a package.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To affix in or on a label. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  label
       n 1: a brief description given for purposes of identification;
            "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of
            architecture"
       2: trade name of a company that produces musical recordings;
          "the artists and repertoire department of a recording
          label is responsible for finding new talent" [syn: {recording
          label}]
       3: a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to
          trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
       4: an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an
          object
       v 1: assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students
            were labelled `learning disabled'"
       2: attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: {tag},
           {mark}]
       3: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
          [syn: {pronounce}, {judge}]
       4: distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a
          labeled atom
       5: distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive
          isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through
          chemical reactions
       [also: {labelling}, {labelled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  labelling
       See {label}