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Webster 1913 Edition
Designation
Desˊig-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
designatio
: cf. F. désignation
.] 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 which have parts. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Designation
DESIGNATION
, n.1.
The act of pointing or marking out by signs or objects; as the designation of an estate by boundaries.2.
Indication; a showing or pointing; a distinguishing from others.3.
Appointment; direction; as, a claim to a throne grounded on the designation of a predecessor.4.
Appointment; a selecting and appointing; assignment; as the designation of an officer to a particular command.5.
Import; distinct application.Finite and infinite are primarily attributed in their first designation to things which have parts.