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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of indicating or pointing out by name;
[syn: indication, denotation]

2. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;
- Example: "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
[syn: reference, denotation, extension]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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