label has definitions from the fields of chemistry,physics,music
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[ verb ] assign a label to; designate with a label

Examples

"These students were labelled `learning disabled'"

Used in print

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

Figure 3 shows the data on a silicone fluid , labeled 12500 cps which gave a high positive normal pressure .

(Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)

In_general , any outcome we choose may be labeled `` success '' .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

The word also made him feel hate , sincere hate , for those so labeled .

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[ verb ] attach a tag or label to

Synonyms

mark tag

Examples

"label these bottles"

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

These have been labeled Regions 1 , 2 , and 4 , respectively , in Fig. 1 .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

He ran on his plump sticks of legs , freezing now_and_again into the sudden startled attitudes which the camera had caught and held_on the paling photographs , all carefully placed and glued and labeled , resting in the fat plush album in the bottom drawer of the escritoire .

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[ noun ] a brief description given for purposes of identification

Examples

"the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"

Used in print

(Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)

`` Success '' and `` failure '' are just convenient labels for the two categories of outcomes when we talk_about binomial trials in_general .

These words are more expressive than labels like `` A '' and `` not - A '' .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

She thought again of her children , those two who had died young , before the later science which might have saved them could attach even a label to their separate malignancies .

Related terms

description pronounce

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[ verb ] pronounce judgment on

Synonyms

pronounce judge

Examples

"They labeled him unfit to work here"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

This has not , however , prevented publishers from labeling him a `` folk_poet '' , simply because he is a rural one .

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[ noun ] a name given to a product or service

Used in print

(John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)

In the area of private label competition , it is logical to expect a continuation of trends which have been under_way during the first decade .

It is accentuated by the need for pre selling goods , and private label competition .

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[ noun ] (music) trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

Synonyms

recording_label

Examples

"the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"

Related terms

trade_name

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[ noun ] an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

Used in print

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

She had surprised Hans like she had surprised me when she said she 'd go , and_then she surprised him again when she came_back so quick like she must have , because when I came_in with the snow she was there with a bottle with three white feathers on its label and Hans was holding it angrily by the throat .

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[ noun ] (chemistry,physics) a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

If the deficiency persists long enough , it is reasonable to suppose that the * * f label will reflect the * * f distribution in the thyroglobulin .

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radioisotope

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[ verb ] distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

In the presence of a low iodine intake , thyroglobulin labelled in_vivo with * * f is found to contain more mono-iodotyrosine than normal , the amounts of di-iodotyrosine and iodothyronines being correspondingly reduced .

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distinguish

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[ noun ] trade name of a company that produces clothing and accessories

Synonyms

fashion_house

Examples

"he designs for a Paris fashion house" "more Italian labels have opened factories in China"

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[ verb ] (chemistry) 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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distinguish

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