label

/ˈleɪbəl/

noun

  1. 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. 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. 3

    A company that sells records.

    The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
  4. 4

    A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.

    Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
  5. 5

    A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.

  6. 6

    A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.

  7. 7

    A tassel.

  8. 8

    A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.

  9. 9

    A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.

  10. 10

    The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.

  11. 11

    In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

  12. 12

    A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

verb

  1. 1

    To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

    The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
  2. 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. 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. 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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