2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Designation \Des`ig*na"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf F.
d['e]signation.]
1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing;
indication.
2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment;
direction.
3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name
distinctive title; appellation.
The usual designation of the days of the week.
--Whewell.
4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as
of a word or phrase.
Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed
primarily, in their first designation, only to those
things have parts --Locke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
designation
n 1: identifying word or words by which someone or something is
called and classified or distinguished from others [syn:
{appellation}, {denomination}, {appellative}]
2: the act of designating
3: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;
"the appointment had to be approvied by the whole
committee" [syn: {appointment}, {assignment}, {naming}]
4: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: {identification}]
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