DESIGNATION

Definitions

1. 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
2. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
3. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of the days of the week. Whewell.
4. 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.