denotation

/dee-noh-tey-shuhn/US // ˌdi noʊˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌdiːnəʊˈteɪʃən) //

外延,表义,表征,外延式

Definitions

n.名词 noun

nounexplicit meaning

Synonyms

You’ll find circles, as in denotations for birdies, under holes No.
To fix the connotation of a concrete name, or the denotation of the corresponding abstract, is to define the name.
The denotation of this eery evil tread of ruined lives grated terribly on Lem's highly tensioned nerves.
It is common to distinguish two aspects, meaning and denotation, such phrases as "the author of Waverley."
For if the denotation alone were relevant, any other phrase with the same denotation would give the same proposition.
A second reason is that propositions concerning "the so-and-so" are possible even when "the so-and-so" has no denotation.

Definitions

n.名词 noun

Examples

You’ll find circles, as in denotations for birdies, under holes No.

To fix the connotation of a concrete name, or the denotation of the corresponding abstract, is to define the name.

The denotation of this eery evil tread of ruined lives grated terribly on Lem's highly tensioned nerves.

It is common to distinguish two aspects, meaning and denotation, such phrases as "the author of Waverley."

For if the denotation alone were relevant, any other phrase with the same denotation would give the same proposition.

A second reason is that propositions concerning "the so-and-so" are possible even when "the so-and-so" has no denotation.