label

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: recording labeltagmarkpronouncejudge

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  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”Synonyms: 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

Verb (5)

  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”Synonyms: tagmark
  3. pronounce judgment on“They labeled him unfit to work here”Synonyms: pronouncejudge
  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
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

Label \La"bel\ (l[=a]"b[e^]l), n. [OF. label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. lambeau shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L. labellum, dim. of labrum lip, edge, margin, G. lappen flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. Lap of a dress), W. llab, llabed, label, flap, Gael. leab, leob, slice, shred, hanging lip.]

1.A tassel. [Obs.] --Huloet. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

2.A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package. [1913 Webster]

3.A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal. [1913 Webster]

4.A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will. [1913 Webster]

5.(Her.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living. [1913 Webster]

6.A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

7.(Gothic Arch.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in medi[ae]val architecture. It always has a square form, as in the illustration. --Arch. Pub. Soc. [1913 Webster]

8.In medi[ae]val art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

label

1.<programming> An identifier used to mark a position in a program so that it can be the destination of a goto statement.

2.<networking> The identifier assigned to a datagram for label switching.

(2007-10-17)

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