Commentation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making comments. countable, uncountable

    "The spirit of commentation, as has already been suggested, turns to questions of taste, of metaphysics, of morals, with far more avidity to physics."

  2. 2
    The work of a commentator. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The use of comments in source code. countable, uncountable

    "In-program commentation is another level of documentation that is compulsory, with standards being set regarding what should be included in source code."

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analysisannotationcommentcommentarycriticismcritique

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"The spirit of commentation, as has already been suggested, turns to questions of taste, of metaphysics, of morals, with far more avidity to physics."

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