label
noun
- 1
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
“Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.”
- 2
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".”
- 3
A company that sells records.
“The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.”
- 4
A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
“Storage devices can be given by label or ID.”
- 5
A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- 6
A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- 7
A tassel.
- 8
A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- 9
A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
- 10
The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- 11
In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
- 12
A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
verb
- 1
To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
“The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.”
- 2
(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
“He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.”
- 3
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.
- 4
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
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