denotation

Etymology
From, from + , from  + ; equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
 * 2)  The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
 * The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.
 * 1)  The intension and extension of a word
 * 2)  Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
 * 3)  Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
 * 4)  A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
 * 1)  A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: означаване
 * Catalan: denotació
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ;
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: merkitsömiin
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: главно значение
 * Catalan: denotació
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: perusmerkitys,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: