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- 1 a language spoken in Papua New Guinea
- 1 A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
"We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater."
- 2 trade name of a company that produces musical recordings wordnet
- 3 A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
"Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster"."
- 4 a brief description given for purposes of identification wordnet
- 5 A company that sells records.
"The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape."
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- 6 an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object wordnet
- 7 A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
"Storage devices can be given by label or ID."
- 8 a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction wordnet
- 9 A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- 10 A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- 11 A tassel. obsolete
"the arms or escutcheon of France , hanging by a label on an oak"
- 12 A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
"Ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd, / Shall be the label to another deed."
- 13 A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- 14 A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes. historical
- 15 The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
"Sculptured ends of labels are called label-stops."
- 16 In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
"2654. Two-handled globular vase; early Deruta lustred ware; centre surrounded by a band of scroll work; on each side the neck is an oval compartment with clasped hands, and a label scroll inscribed "Co pura fe.;" decoration, blue outline on white ground filled in with yellow lustre."
- 17 A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
- 1 To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). transitive
"The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop."
- 2 distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions wordnet
- 3 To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. ditransitive
"He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once."
- 4 distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom wordnet
- 5 To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
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- 6 pronounce judgment on wordnet
- 7 To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
"They may be used to label and image a protein within tissue, to isolate cells on the basis of marker expression, or to physically capture a protein from a complex biological mixture...."
- 8 assign a label to; designate with a label wordnet
- 9 attach a tag or label to wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.
From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.
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