Definitions from Wiktionary (denotation)

▸ noun:  The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
▸ noun:  (logic, linguistics, semiotics) 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.
▸ noun:  (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
▸ noun:  (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
▸ noun:  (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
▸ noun:  (media studies) 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.





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